PO101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gross Domestic Product, Good Governance, Multiple Choice
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Democracy, rights, freedom, negative freedoms/negative liberty, positive freedoms/positive liberty. Popular sovereignty, political equality, majority rule, oligarchy (rule by few), political competition, minority rights, rule of law, rule by law. Multiple choice review questions: e, d (20. Economic, political, security, social welfare: c (political equality, majority rule, popular sovereignty, political liberty, minority rights, political competition, and rule of law, e. What is good governance: a set of ideals about how government should work, what role of citizen is in the political system. And: a set of procedures and institutions guiding operation of government, participation of citizens. Who should be involved in collective decision making. Citizens of the country (the people) who are organized to participate in politics- popular sovereignty. A competitive process which is guided by majority rule but also takes into account minority and group interest all according to rule of law. Measure used to represent size of country"s economy.