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*End of Revolution
*Poorly defined relationship among states
*Many states in bad shape (with no help)
*Ugly Public Mood |
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*Articles of Confederation resulted in weaker national government
*Unanimity requirement causes difficulty to formulate national policy
*No revenue, so no money to do anything with
*No executive, so no means to carry out policy |
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*Virginia Plan is introduced, laying out proposals for a new Constitution
* Include idea of a Chief Executive
* Not much detail on CE, no powers, title, or how many people there will be |
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| Attitude towards an Executive in 1787 |
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*Suspicion of a strong executive, a Caesar that would threaten liberty
* Formal powers as well as informal powers for influence as well
*Dissatisfaction with a weak and nonexistent executive |
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*Deep distrust in Democracy
* Virginia plan proposes selection by the National Legislature, making the Executive a creature of the legislature
*Needed an entity not the people but independent of Congress, AKA Electoral College |
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*Reactive, not proactive power
*Tool for bargaining, not active policy making
*Further circumscribed by override provision |
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| Presidential Power via Constitution |
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*Largely secondary and reactive authority, much circumscribed by Congess
*Vague, Unspecific, room for expansion |
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*Was a Clerk, not leader
*Executed congressional policies, didnt create own
*Mostly invisible & out of the sight |
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*Much Different
*Leader, not clerk
*Origninates Policy
*Very Visible, better than congress
*First place people look for leadership
*Presidents have become dividers more than uniters |
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| What Motivates People To Act? |
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*Self-Love
*Altruism or Regard for Others
*Self-love mediated by reason |
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| Justification of the State: Role of Government |
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*Impose Order
*Protect Property
*Allow people to transcend their interests and realize the general will |
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| Single person is sovereign, vested with complete authority -- Executive, legislative, and judicial powers |
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| Smaller group of people vested with some or all government authority |
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| Democracy (Direct and representative) |
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Self- love creates problems for designing a government--
*No one is fit to rule
*Formation of factions |
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*People share common interests
*Disregard the rights of other citizens
*Disregard Public Interest |
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*Instability
*Confusion
*Tyranny |
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*People arent as self-interested as Madison supposed
*citizens are not overtly political
*Citizens are political through non-political actions |
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*1970s marked renewed enthusiasm for markets (greater use of markets for delivering public goods, less government regulations of markets)
*Past 30 years mark larger gap between rich and poor
*Unemployment and poverty rate are both climbing |
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