POL S101 Lecture Notes - Participatory Democracy, Economic Democracy, Liberal Democracy
18 Nov 2013
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It"s possible that the women and slaves did the work that would normally keep the men busy, which allowed them to attend these elections. Even the american constitution was arranged so as to avoid being overly democratic (prevent pure democracy): much of what is considered to be democratic today is drawn from a model used by the. A european concept? indigenous populations of north america: great law of peace allowed the mohawk, oneida, onondaga, cayuga, seneca, and iroquois nations to live together for over 200 years. Many aspect were borrowed from this: based on popular election, women"s suffrage, and merit-based promotion, both proclaimed democracy as a central goal, in america, there was still concern over establishing a system of majority tyranny inherent to. Pure democracy : directly elected legislature (the house of representatives) had limits placed on its power (the creation of the senate, executive and judiciary -- elected by the president with approval by the.
