POG 100 Lecture Notes - Responsible Government, Presidential System, Civil Society

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POG 100
• Professor: Joerg Wittenbrinck

Document Summary

Democratic consolidation: the only system in the area. Distinguish what is involved in transition: transitions that involve a change in constitutional system (from authoritarian to democratic system) legitimacy of state can be based on: Outcomes : we find state legitimate and accept the authority of state to govern us because it is working for everybody. Procedure: we all accept decisions made by state and current government because the procedure under which the government had been elected and the procedure was effective. No significant group within society is questioning the right of the government to solve social and political issues. Economic growth and inequality, contagion (the countries around that are moving in the same direction as you) Competitive authoritarianism element of competition but so strongly constrained that we can"t think of it as competition. Semi-presidential systems: combines both presidential and parliamentary systems and divides power between prime minister and president whose directly elected.