POLS 242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Civil Liberties, Civil Society, Multiple Choice
11 Oct 2016
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POLS 242
Week 4
Oct 3
Chapter 6: Democracy and Democratization
Midterm 18th Tuesday 5:30-7:30, 25%
- Multiple choice
- 6 terms and significance answer 4
- One essay question with choice of 2
*don’t need to know specific case studies but will but need to give examples
Democracy and Democratic Regimes
A form of regime associated with rule by the people with rights and liberties as citizens
More like rule of the majority, dictatorship of what those people want over minority
2 Key Features
1. Political rights
- Suffrage: legal ability to vote/participate in elections (originally on male
land owners/educated people could vote then extended to women and working class)
- Transparency, verify and monitor how the government is using power/allocating
resources
- Hold the government accountable
2. Civil liberties (freedom of speech, information)
- Freedom of speech ex. transgender asking to be called they, can do so by lobbying in
civil society
- others have the right to voice their opinions saying they are wrong
2 Definitions
Procedural Definitions of Democracy
- Minimum definition of democracy
o Multiparty system, need more than one party, frequent elections, parliament
- Basic rules, standards or procedures required, rights might not be enforced
- Ex. Russia semi democracy have elections but we know the outcome that Putin will win
before results are released, no transparency
Substantive Definitions of Democracy
- Based on achieving end goals, depth & quality
- Transfers power peacefully to the winning party
- Free fair elections, freedom of speech/assembly
- Ex. more equity, more participation
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Document Summary
One essay question with choice of 2. *don"t need to know specific case studies but will but need to give examples. A form of regime associated with rule by the people with rights and liberties as citizens. More like rule of the majority, dictatorship of what those people want over minority. Suffrage: legal ability to vote/participate in elections (originally on male land owners/educated people could vote then extended to women and working class) Transparency, verify and monitor how the government is using power/allocating resources. Hold the government accountable: civil liberties (freedom of speech, information) Freedom of speech ex. transgender asking to be called they, can do so by lobbying in civil society. Others have the right to voice their opinions saying they are wrong. Minimum definition of democracy: multiparty system, need more than one party, frequent elections, parliament. Basic rules, standards or procedures required, rights might not be enforced.
