Long Decline of Trust in Government Notes and In Class Notes

Long Decline of Trust on Government

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        Being disappointed.

People agree on: needing peace, security and economic growth.We also discuss several other topics like What is the formula for division of complex numbers?

People disagree on: how to achieve these goals.

1958: 73% trusted the government.If you want to learn more check out Why are courts considered to be political institutions?

2014: only 24% trusted the government.

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Trust in all kinds of institutions has gone down since 1950s

This is how America started -questioning authority.

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Cha. 1 AG        5 principles of Politics

Rationality :all political behavior has a goal/purpose

Institutional : institutions structure politics.

Collective action: all politics is collective action.

Policy: political outcomes are the products of preferences by individuals and procedures of

        Institutions

History: process of how we got here ,matters.

Autocracy: political authority in one person, i.e. a king or dictator.

Oligarchy: small groups of landowners, wealthy men, etc. have authority.

Democracy: more people participate and the populace has influence.

Constitutional government: governments that are limited.

Authoritarian: government is kept in check by other political/social institutions like labor unions,

        Churches, business groups, etc.

Totalitarian: government of legal limits and they seek to eliminate groupings that might challenge

        Their authority. dominate/control every sphere of political, economic, and social life.

Politics: conflicts and struggles over the leadership, structure, and policies of government.

Instrumental: done with purpose, forethought, and calculations, political behavior, thus shaping

        Politics.

Jurisdiction: the domain over which people (institutional members) have the authority to make

        Decisions.
Agenda power: describes who determined what will be taken into consideration in an

        Institutions.

Veto Power -the ability to defeat something even if it becomes part of the agenda.

Decisiveness Rules -specify when votes may be taken and the sequence in which votes occur.

Delegation -the transmission of authority to some other official or body for the latter’s use.

Principle -agent relationship -this relationships is affected by the fact that each is motivated by

        Self-interest, and they might not have the same interests.

Transaction Cost -cost of clarifying each aspect of a principal-agent relationship and monitoring

        The answer arrangements are followed.

Informal Bargaining -having an understanding, but not a legally bound agreement.

Formal Bargaining -Governed by rules.

WHY IT MATTERS: Why do we dislike government, but expect so much?

Politics -’conflict, struggle, cooperation, and collaboration over the leadership, structure, and

        policies of the government.’

                                        OR

          ‘Who gets what, when, and how.’ -Harold Laswell

Government -’The formal political arrangements through which a land and its people are rules’

        Means of Resolving Societal Conflict, how a society’s resources are used, rules/laws of a society, people trying to influence societal decisions.

        Formal Structures through politics take place -rules that govern how political conflict

        Occurs:

Political Science -Explaining Politics and government.

Authority extends beyond government.

Power is in the government.

Collective Action -the pooling of resources and the coordination of effort and activity by a group

        Of people to achieve a common goal.

Free Riding -enjoying the benefits of some -good/action while letting others bear the cost.