POL 1101 Lecture 6: Politics POL1101 (Class 6)
22 Jul 2016
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Aristotle distinguishes between # of people ruling and who"s interest they"re ruling in. Democratic states: rule of the people; involving mechanisms for popular participation&accountability and open debate. Authoritarian states: lack popular input of political distinctions, have government autonomy from popular control. Totalitarianism : state"s power is omnipresent, single mass party along state"s institutions, of cial ideology favouring social transformation, intent to construct new man . Friday, october 9, 2015: extensive surveillance and terror systems, leader charisma, focus on enemies of the state - inside and out. How does the people rule: ancient greece: citizens assembly = direct, modern democracy: = representative (electoral systems, groups, information requirements - i. e. media freedom) How do states re ect social difference: social character (esp. linguistic/religious): homogenous [germany] & Different sorts of social and economic role: social & economic character: Developmental (japan, s korea: active promotion of economic growth, relatively limited democratic participation. Iran?: aimed at transmitting society to new system.
