Penn State University Collective Action, American Constitution and Federalism Questions

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Please respond to each of the five short response questions posted below. Your answers should be short, focused, and complete, ranging from one to three paragraphs. Please make sure to answer each specific part of every question. Successful answers will provide details and context that support your arguments and explain your position to the readers. You may also want to provide real world examples taken from the readings, lectures, group discussions, or your own independent thinking.

For example, in your answer on collective action you may find it useful to talk about specific examples of collective action problems that governments solve. In your response to the questions on federalism you may wish to identify and discuss historical examples of conflict or cooperation between the national and state governments. These illustrations can be from the course materials or your own ideas. Providing this context and being able to apply the material to YOUR OWN understanding of politics really shows us that you have mastered the material.


  • Briefly identify and describe two types examples of collective action problems that our government helps solve. Why did society face this collective action problem? How was government able to help resolve each specific problems? Do you believe government’s use of power to resolve this problem of collection was justified and beneficial? Why or why not?
  • How does the Constitution differ from the Articles of Confederation? (highlight at least three main differences) What problems does the Constitution solve that the Articles of Confederation was susceptible to? How?
  • The United States is a representative democracy. Why did the Framers view this as necessary? What does Madison say about this in Federalist #10? Does Madison argue for addressing the problem’s causes or effects? Why?
  • What are some benefits of having a federal system? What are some drawbacks? In addition to the logical arguments, provide an example of federalism being beneficial, and an example of it being problematic. Drawing on these arguments, do you think a stronger national government would be better or worse? (Be clear about what you mean by “better” or “worse” and why)
  • The role of the national government (relative to state/local governments) is (somewhat) clear in the constitution. Why has the national government expanded over our nation’s history? Make sure and draw on both historical and logical reasons, and describe particular pieces of the constitution that have aided in this expansion.


readings:

1. American Government and Civic Engagement.

2. The Constitution and Its Origins

3. American Government Appendix C

4. American Government Appendix B


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Collective action problems occur when inherent actions by disincentives are taken against
collective action, discouraging joint effort by people in pursuing a common goal. The United
States of America has encountered most of these problems and was able to solve them
eventually. In America, citizens fully participate in the decision making process of the country
through voting and various civic activities. The two types of collective actions that the
government of America has faced are coordination problems and prisoner dilemma problem. The
prisoner dilemma problem arises when an individual, despite their support to a collective effort,
decides to pursue the activities that benefit them individually, thus undermining the efforts of
being collective.As a solution, the prisoner’s dilemma problem, the government of the United
States created institutions that aid the affected parties in discovering profit-oriented opportunities
through cooperation and making sure that the agreements set are honored (Medina, 2007).
Coordination problem arises since the larger the group of people, the harder it is to
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