POL S 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Communitarianism, Social Capital, Alexis De Tocqueville
20 Oct 2016
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Liberty, equality, individualism, majority rule, minority rights, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism, public service, public knowledge, government responsiveness to public opinion (107) Minority rights and majority rule are balanced by the bicameral nature of congress, House is closer to the people, the senate is more focused on the central government. Filibuster protects minority rights in the senate and. When a natural disaster occurs people expect the government to respond, people want support and aid but they don"t want the government to exactly be involved. Individualism vs. public service doing things for one"s self vs doing things for the whole. Public service comes from believing that they should help people other than themselves. If government is separated and not communicating and not using checks and balances then the no one gets an accurate picture of what is going on. Tries to point out inherent contradictions in the us governmental systems.
