POLI 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Civil Society, Responsible Government, Free Market
18 Apr 2016
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Other individuals, the government and intermediary groups (corporations) Your answer to this has implications for the kind of government system in place. Strong government is necessary to solve problems. This view is also seen in nationalist movements. This view sees as other individuals as the biggest harm to an individual"s freedom and or autonomy. If this is the threat, then one must establish a government with strong laws, political freedom and a responsible government. The government is the entity that wields a tremendous amount of power. We disperse power, and not concentrate in the hands of a few. Different actors in different levels have different regulations for different spheres of politics in all three branches, judiciary, executive and legislative. Check and balance: different levels of government. Check and balance between municipal, federal and provincial. One potential threat to the individual is the government itself: strong groups other than the government: civil society and free market.
