POL112H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Neutral Party, Eastern Bloc, Chief Operating Officer
Document Summary
Powerful correlation between democracy and economic development. High levels of education and personal income and a middle class are necessary to sustain democracy. Supported the pessimistic view that democracy would not spread. Modernizing theory is very persuasive, it defines the rate of modernization within a. Correlation is a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things. Middle class is reason for democracy because they have the leisure time, education country/ community and taxation. Society wants to know where their tax money is going and they want a democratic government to hold accountable. Democracy spread in the west due to judeo-christian and enlightenment cultural traditions. Non-western cultures (asian, islamic, etc. ) were incompatible with democracy because of emphasis on order over freedom, consensus over competition, and the community over the individual. Slide notes the laws are known in advance and administered by an impartial judiciary. Substantial voting franchise is allowed to participate. Checks on the powers of elected officials.
