POLSCI 2XX3 Lecture Notes - Liberal Democracy, Social System, Modernization Theory

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 2XX3
• Professor: Richard Stubbs

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Functions; interrelated constantly with each other in order to demonstrate their efficiency and to ensure the survival of the social structure: one significant element or a number of significant element (additional to religion, etc. ) Minimum standards: when we study third world politics we assume that the final point of arrival is a. Europe; north america: democracy is not a common place term or practice, 200 ancient times, 200 years in recent times, democracy is a concept with a family resemblance structure; Last saved on: 11/19/2013 7:41:00 am: us republic democracy, england monarchy democracy, japan unitary kind of regime, etc. Western liberal democracy: all accept participation, competition and respect for human" rights; within their domestic politics, no consensus about what democracy is! If demographics and geographic change, so do societies; so will their political system and regime: societies with small land and small people republic government, societies with large land & large amount of people despotic regime;