POLSCI 3LC3 Lecture Notes - Direct Democracy, Modernization Theory
16 Jan 2014
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Democracy comes from the greek word demos = meaning people and kratos = meaning. Most basic elementary idea of democracy, direct democracy . Democracy is a complex and contested concept. No agreement on the meaning of democracy, one study found 550 sub-types of democracies. Most focus on qualities, procedures, and institutions. Essentially, debate over whether to adopt procedural (minimalist) or substantive (maximalist) definition (case 5-6: procedural democracy - free and fair elections. If a regime conducts elections it is democratic : substantive. In order to determine whether a regime is democratic or not. When we mean a regime is democratic". Liberalization opening emergence elections consolidation parties learn to lose & compete again survival leadership alternation & renewal . Refers to the myriad of pressures that lead to the liberalization of the authoritarian regime and its transition to democracy.
