POLSCI 111 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Supremacy Clause, Strict Scrutiny, Jim Crow Laws

• School: U of M
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 111
• Professor: Kenneth Kollman

Document Summary

Since society is full of collective dilemmas and delegation problem, we have. Collective action: collectively better off if all cooperate vs. Different preference in specifics (how exactly achieve the goal) Both are better off if both cooperate vs indidual incentive to betray (not cooperate) Cycling coalitions: collectively better off if stable winning coalition is formed (arrive at collective decision) vs non members of winning coalition: incentive to "raid" the existing wc. Members of wc have incentive to leave the current wc (can"t arrive at collective decision) (three or more people) Principal agent problem: principal hires agent with expectation that they will do job, but can"t guarantee that agent will do what principal wants. Weak central government could not raise revenues or enforce laws. System of government with two layers (states and federal), each of which have independent authority. Articles of confederation were too weak to solve collective dilemmas between states.