IS 210 Lecture 2: Week 2
18 Jan 2019
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Political rights: voting/running, accountability: one of the most important: free, fair and competitive elections. Controversy over whether it is a su cient condition for an advanced democracy: liberal democrats (neo-liberalism): yes, they like representative democracy. Privatization of/unequal access to education, health, food. Income inequality = ne: equity, democratic socialists: want participatory democracy. Referendums, participatory budgeting (neighbourhood communities have a say in the budget of the local government), local governance. Equality of opportunities: run for elections = poor where funding, opportunity to advance station in life. Equality: explore various forms of regime change. Civil rights: mobility, expression, rule of law, equality under the law, freedom of association: authoritarianism. Repression and lack/severe restricting of civil and political rights. Examples: fascism, egypt, and cuba | turkey and tunisia (semi-authoritarian?) Its de ning feature is the government control over private lives. Examples: nazi germany, north korea: semi-authoritarian. Where regime power is somewhat constrained in a limited fashion by a parliament.
