POL 102 Lecture 2: 9/29/2016
29 Sep 2016
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Centralized political system in which all authority is held by the national government. Ex: uk, france, japan, denmark, norway, sweden, hungary, philippines. No restriction on power ~ all the power is at the top. If gov"t is efficient w/no one to check on it ~radical swings. A decentralized political system in which all authority is held by the local units (states, cantons, provinces) Ineffective ~ horrible at solving collective action problems. Political system in which authority is divided b/w different levels of gov"t. Layers of authority - national & state levels in u. s. Founding fathers broke down into 2 groups. Federalists (want stronger federal gov"t) vs antifederalists (don"t want stronger federal gov"t) Federalists got antifederalists on board w/bill of rights that protected individual rights. Bill of rights = protection of states & individual liberty. Alexander hamilton: thought writing down rights were dangerous. Anything not written must be not a right ~implied gov"t is giving those rights to you.
