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public good

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a shared good or service for which it would be inefficient or impractical to make consumers pay individually and to exclude those who did not pay

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define power. give three examples of power

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the ability to make someone do something they wouldn't do otherwise. ex: persuasion, physical force, tradition, peer pressure

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hobbes's social contract

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state of nature: constant war— life is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." social contract: any government— prevent anarchy at all costs

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coercion

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use of force to get someone to obey

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rousseau's social contract

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state of nature: peaceful and equal. we are corrupted by society social contract: pursue the general will of the people

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state of nature

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a condition in which no governments or laws existed at all

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politics

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the study of who gets what, when, and how - or how decisions that apply to members of a group are made

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what enables govt's to solve collective action problems that non-govt's can't?

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they can use laws to coerce people to contribute. ultimately enforced at gunpoint

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"man is by nature a political animal" — aristotle

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humans naturally form societies— human nature cannot not live in society, isolation is considered punishment.

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name three public goods provided to americans by their government

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roads, fresh air, streetlights, police, parks

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example of a political collective action problem

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engaging in social protest, preserving the environment

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provide one nonpolitical example of a collective action problem

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group projects in class

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how can american citizens be bound by a social contract they never signed?

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citizens obey laws in exchange for the government to secure our rights. if violated, the contract is voided.

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locke's social contract

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state of nature: natural law— rights to life, liberty, and property. social contract: limited gov't just to protect natural rights

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general will

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A concept in political philosophy referring to the desire or interest of a people as a whole. As used by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who championed the concept, the general will is identical to the rule of law.

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social contract

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hypothetical contract between a government and it's citizens (laws: we obey in exchange for government to secure rights)

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free rider

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an individual who does not to join a group representing his or her interests yet receives the benefit of the group's influence.

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natural rights

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the idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, and property

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collective action problem

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a situation in which people would be better off if they all cooperated; however, any individual has an incentive not to cooperate as long as others are cooperating

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power

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the ability to make someone do something they wouldn't do otherwise (ex. persuasion, exchange, physical force, peer pressure)

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government

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the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies; the ruling authority for a community

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