PSCI 3333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Totalitarianism, Authoritarianism, Benjamin Barber
20 Jan 2016
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A system in which power is alternated, diffused, and constrained by constitutions, elections, and public opinion. Constitutions - rule of law, independent judiciary, civil rights, liberties. Elections / public opinion - executive, legislative relations. For centuries, democracy was considered a bad word. These days there are over 200 definitions of democracy. System that only offers elections at limited and controlled intervals. A system in which power is un-alternated, concentrated, minimally constrained by semiautonomous institutions. Semiautonomous institutions - allowed to function and operate as long as they don"t be come politicalized. A system in which power is un-alternated, concentrated, and unconstrained. Feedback: consequences -> attitudes; consequences -> social background. Idea that the state is the instigator of action. Emotional - prone to anger, feel sense of uneasiness (affect attitude) Incapable - decision-making problems, linking means to ends (cognitive attitude) Inefficacious - not much influence in political problems (evaluation attitude) The few that do tend to only vote in politics.
