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Chapter 1

Five Principles of Politics

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Chapter 1: Five Principles of Politics

  • CORE OF THE ANALYSIS
  • MAKING SENSE OF GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
    • What Is Government?
    • Forms of Government
    • Politics
  • FIVE PRINCIPLES OF POLITICS
    • The Rationality Principle: All Political Behavior Has a Purpose
    • The Institution Principle: Institutions Structure Politics
      • Jurisdiction
      • Agenda Power and Veto Power
      • Decisiveness
      • Delegation
    • The Collective-Action Principle: All Politics Is Collective Action
      • Informal Bargaining
      • Formal Bargaining
      • Collective Dilemmas and Bargaining Failures
      • Collective Action, Free Riders, Public Goods, and the Commons
      • The Policy Principle: Political Outcomes Are the Products of Individual Preferences and Institutional Procedures
    • The History Principle: How We Got Here Matters
  • CONCLUSION

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