The Relationship between Individual and State Hint: The State Normally Wins
Differences Power Authority Legitimacy Sources: Results, Habit, Historical/Religious/Ethnic Identity, Procedures
What Makes a Good Citizen? Tolerance Active Participation High Level of Interest and Information Varying Support for the State, the Regime, and the Government How well do we do with these?
Social Capital and Political Culture What are they? Why do they matter?
Political Socialization What makes us what we are politically?
Constitutions
The Social Contract What is it? Hobbes Locke Rousseau
How They Vary… Is it fully written out? Length? Is it better to be specific or be vague? Why?
Principles of Design Importance of Long-Standing Traditions Importance of Amendability Importance of Incentive Compatibility
So How Do We Write One? The great question…
Types of Government Confederacy Unitary Federal How do these impact constitutions? How much centralization is good?
Final Thoughts… Rule of law Constitutionalism