Political Science 1020E Chapter Notes - Chapter 265-282: Military Dictatorship, Theocracy, Westminster System
15 Apr 2016
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The institutional processes through which collective and usually binding decisions are made. A political system or regime encompasses not only the mechanisms of government and the institutions of the state but the structures and processes through which these interact with society. Governments can be changed by elections, regimes can only be changed by military intervention/ revolution. To help distinguish between what is meaningful and what isn"t, and to facilitate evaluation rather than analysis. Belief that the world can be divided into 3 distinct blocks: a capitalist free world. Liberal democratic politics: a communist second world. One party states, ruling communist parties: a developing third world. Five regime types of the modern world: western polyarchies. Liberal democracies (ex: north america, western europe, australia) Polyarchy characterized by combination of two features: high tolerance of opposition, opportunity for participation is widespread > regular, competitive, multi party elections. Majority democracies: organized along parliamentary lines according to the westminster model.
