PSC 101: Exam 1
16 Cards in this Set
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Authoritarian regimes
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dictatorship and oligarchy
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Dictatorship
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ruled by one
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oligarchy
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ruled by many
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pure democracy
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Athenian or Greek democracy, messy, slow unworkable with large groups
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republics
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represent the interest of the people, coupled with protection of civil liberties
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Edmund Burke
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speech to the electors of Bristol
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principal agent problem
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agent to stand up for our interest as the principal
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direct democracy
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high transaction cost, lower conformity cost
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republic
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high conformity cost, lower transaction cost
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authoritarian regimes
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conformity cost high, transaction cost extremely low
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government
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provide for the general welfare
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without government
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collective action problem
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civil rights
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protections by the government or that the government secures on behalf of its citizens
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the equal protection clause
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civil rights, rules governing who can participate and how
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Civil Liberties
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protections from government power- this that the government can not take away
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Federalist 10
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argued that a large diverse nation would halt tyranny
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PSC 101: Exam 1