POLSCI 1G06 Lecture Notes - Global Governance, World Trade Organization, David Held
4 Jun 2014
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Nearly all adults now have the right to vote. In the past, sustainable, peaceful democracy has usually been prefaced by violence, as the old power structures had to first be destroyed before a new one could take its place. According to critics, despite the extension of the right to vote to almost every adult within a democratic state, modern democracy still has limitations. The electoral process is structured in such a way that the people are far removed from government. How to manage the tension between the will of the majority and the rights of the minority. In canada the charter of rights and freedoms manages this tension. The most notable private sphere (arguably) relates to the economy and private property. Most of our time is spent laboring under the control of others (employers) they employ. Employers are not subject to the democratic oversight of those that. Since most of our life is spent in the private rather than the.
