Textbook: Chapter 1- Five Principles of Politics Flashcards
Autocracy
A government run by one person
Government
The institution and procedures through which a land and it’s people are governed
Oligarchy
A government run by a small group of people
Democracy
A government run by the majority of its citizens
Constitutional Government
A government with restrictions on its powers
Authoritarian Government
A government with no restrictions but with outside groups that influence it
Totalitarian Government
A government with no restrictions that actively seeks out and destroys groups who challenge it in order to secure power over all realms of life of the citizens
By product theory
Giving incentives to join a group increases membership of the said group
Selective benefits
In order to combat freeloading incentives are given to those who participate
Institutions
Rules an procedures that provide incentives for political behavior
Discourages conflict and enables bargaining
Tragedy of the commons
Individual purposes sometimes clash with public welfare
Jurisdiction
Who has authority
Decisiveness
The ability to make decisions
Agenda Power
Power over what the group considers
Veto Power
The ability to defeat something
Delegation
Transmitting of authority
Principal-agent relationship
May be negatively affected by self interests that do not align
Transaction costs
The cost of clarifying the principal-agent relationship
Personal interest
Motivation
Electoral interests
Motivation
Institutional ambition
Motivation
Pork-barrel legislation
Bills drafted so as to spread benefits to encourage support
Rationality Principle
Why the behavior happened
Purpose
Collective action principle
Orchestrating the goals of many people to accomplish something
Institution principle
The plans to solve the collective action problem
Policy principle
The results of political ambitions played out in institutional processes
History principle
The context and circumstances surrounding political behavior
