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1Five Principles of
Politics
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Making Sense of Government and Politics• Two fundamental questions about government and politics:– What do we observe? An empirical question– Why? Requires building a theory around principles
• Two objectives in this introductory chapter:– Explain what we mean by government and politics
– Introduce our five principles of politics
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What is Government?
• The institutions and procedures through which a land and its people are ruled
• Governments may be simple, like a tribal council that makes all decisions, or they may be complex, like our own system of separate branches and levels of government
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Discussion: Government in a Farming Society• Imagine that everyone in this room is a farmer in our own self-contained society
• We’re all equal in every respect
• One of us proposes to build an irrigation system
• How do we make decisions?
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Forms of Government:Inclusiveness• Autocracy – A single
individual rules• Oligarchy – A small group of
landowners, military officers, or wealthy merchants rules
• Democracy – A system of rule that permits citizens to play a significant part in the governmental process
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Forms of Government:Recognition of Limits• Constitutional – Formal and effective limits are placed on the powers of government
• Authoritarian – No formal limits are placed on government but government may be effectively limited by other social institutions
• Totalitarian – No formal or effective limits on government’s power of any kind
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What is Politics?
• The conflicts and struggles over the leadership, structure, and policies of government
• Politics takes many forms – voting, running for office, joining groups and parties, lobbying, and even speaking to friends and neighbors
• The 5 principles of politics can be used to explain political action
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Clicker Question
Imagine a hypothetical society in which a king has almost total power but is constrained in his coercive power by the church. This government would best be described as a(n):
A.authoritarian democracy.B.constitutional autocracy.C.totalitarian oligarchy.D.authoritarian autocracy.
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Introducing the 5 Principles of Politics• All political behavior has a purpose
• Institutions structure politics• All politics is collective action• Political outcomes are the products of individual preferences, institutional procedures, and collective action
• History matters
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Rationality Principle
• All political behavior has a purpose
• Political behavior is instrumental– Not random– Done with forethought– Calculation
• Political actors pursue policy preferences, reelection, power, and to maximize their agency budgets
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Institution Principle
• Institutions structure politics• Institutions are the rules and procedures that provide incentives for political behavior
• Remember that institutions themselves are not necessarily permanently fixed. Rules may change; they just don’t change easily
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Institutions Provide Authority in Four Ways• Jurisdiction – The domain over which decisions may be made
• Agenda and Veto Power – Gatekeeping power and the power to say “no”
• Decisiveness – Rules for decision making
• Delegation – Transmission of authority
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Collective Action Principle• All politics is collective action• Collective action is difficult and the difficulty mounts as the number of people and interests involved grows
• Sometimes there are collective action dilemmas – situations in which individually rational incentives do not align with shared, collective interests
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A Collective Dilemma
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Collective Action is Difficult• Collective action becomes even more difficult as the number of parties involved increases or as the ability to bargain face-to-face is hampered. Examples:– Free Riding– Tragedy of the Commons
• Institutions are the solutions to these problems
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Policy Principle
• Political outcomes are the products of individual preferences and institutional procedures
• The policy principle is the logical combination of the first three principles
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History Principle
• How we got here matters• Path dependency – certain possibilities are made more or less likely because of the historical path taken
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Clicker Question
A member of Congress seeks to bring additional dollars home to his districts for construction of roads and bridges. This is an example of the:
A.Institution Principle.B.Rationality Principle.C.History Principle.D.Collective Action Principle.
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