POLI 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Responsible Government, Liberal Democracy, Conscience Vote
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Whether regime is authoritarian or democratic is really important. What are the pre conditions for democracy. How does it come about from regime that were authoritarian. Defining democracy in our earlier discussion : lots of countries claim to be democratic (ex: north. Competitive multi-party: electoral mechanism free and fair, multiple parties can compete for power. Restricted multi-party: electoral mechanism not free or fair where multiple parties can still compete for power. Procedural: regular elections, free vote = one that meets relatively minimum conditions: regular election and free vote, if the electoral process if fair. Substantive: broader context of equality, pluralism, tolerance democracy is only meaningful in a context of pluralism, tolerance, and a broader context of equality. Difference between democratization and liberalization: democratization is about participation, people having influence in shaping public policies. Democratization in decolonized latin america, in western and eastern.