POLI 331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Polyarchy, Plurality Voting System, Globalism
15 Sep 2018
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Direct democracy: people directly be involved in decision-making (and public policy) Supreme court, judges, judicial system in general, senators, public servants, agencies (cbc, Bank of canada, hydro quebec etc), chief of staff of pm, are not elected but they still hold power. Elections in canada: first past the post system: the candidate with the plurality of votes is the winner of the congressional seat. In the us, new seats are added when a new province joins the country. In canada, seats are added every 10 years. Pm asks the general governor for approval to launch elections. Responsible government (in canada responsible government is more commonly described as an executive or cabinet that is dependent on the support of an elected assembly, rather than on the monarch) vs. September 21st: the canadian system struggles for reform. Political party: duration, visible, permanent, not holding political power but they aim to. Their aim is to directly hold political power.
