POLS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Totalitarianism, Authoritarianism, Liberal Democracy

• School: Humber College
• Department: Photography
• Course: POLS 200
• Professor: Tyler Shipley

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Municipal government local issues e. g. roads clear, garbage. National governments encompassing issues applying to all persons, communities, and regions in country e. g. laws, environmental standards. Democracy government for the people, by the people, of the people. Power limited and controlled by laws, for limited terms, subject to checks or controls e. g. elections, supreme court. Do not derive po(cid:449)e(cid:396) f(cid:396)o(cid:373) ele(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s, (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e (cid:396)e(cid:373)o(cid:448)ed (cid:271)y ele(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s. Make laws but do not view self as subject to law. Rule for as long as leaders manage to hold on to power. Authoritarian government connection between political leadership and military/police. Can be popular if keep order, ensure reasonable degree of prosperity or economic security, and allow people freedom in personal lives. People can never challenge government by demanding share of political power defining characteristic of authoritarian government, political power only in go(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t"s i(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:396) (cid:272)i(cid:396)(cid:272)le. Can uphold any number of ideologies, can operate without an ideology (dedicated to preservation of stability and order in country)