POL 101 Lecture 2: POL : Democracy

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 101
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Democracy- rule by the people : set of institutions about how we organize public decisions : In the past women were not able to participate in the voting process, today however, they cannot only participate by voting but by running for of ce as well. How they participate?(i. e. we elect representatives, public interest groups, protests, etc) Types of democracy: direct - early greek-ordinary citizens are directly involved in making the governing decisions vs. an elite group. Representative - elect representatives to make governing decisions on your behalf. Canadian democracy: representative & liberal, limited state with protections (charter of rights & freedoms, parliamentary, challenges in canadian democracy : Although canadians can elect their government , the state is not elected by the people. Politics is largely in uenced by the elite members of society which can be problematic as things tend to favour them since they put so much money into politics and the political parties.