POL112H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Athenian Democracy, Electoral Integrity, Liberal Democracy
15 Apr 2015
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Electoral autocracy: multiparty elections that are not competitive enough to qualify as democratic. Minimalist democracy: political competition for leadership with regular elections and uncertain outcomes. Electoral democracy: has higher levels of electoral integrity. Polyarchy: power invested in multiple people, neither dictatorship nor democracy, adds respect for freedoms of speech and association. Liberal democracy: adds the rule of law, including equality before and under the law. Representative: people elect representatives to govern, people delegate powers to said representatives. Rule of law = all citizens equal before the law. Direct bills: people govern directly, athenian democracy where citizens votes directly on legislation and executive. Participatory (form of direct: ancient public discussions, more citizen participation and political representation. Iran has elections, but the supreme leader not accountable to people (ayatollah) Weak/failed states: elected government with little effective authority, civil war can disrupt government (sierra leone/afghanistan) Rampant organized crime/citizen insecurity (60k deaths in mexico in 2006) French political thinker, wrote democracy in america (1835)
