POL SCI 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship, Thomas Hobbes, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
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These notes have been taken on the logic of american politics, 7th edition by samuel kernell, gary jacobson, thad kousser, and. Moral of the story: politics involves conflict and compromise. When it succeeds, both people get something more than they would have without the process. Politics- process through which individuals and groups reach agreement on a course of common, or collective, action- even as they disagree on the intended goals of that action. Individuals and groups have preferences in bargaining/politics/process and rank them. Structure is needed for negotiation to work (ex-bosnian war; lack of political institutions led to violent conflict amongst serbs, croats, and muslims) Parties in conflict benefit from prior agreement on rules and procedures for negotiations: ex) despite partisanship of clinton impeachment, senate did a good procedural job by laying out ground rules at beginning. Rules and procedures reconcile competing preferences (ex- us constitution)
