POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Town Hall Meeting, Participatory Budgeting, Direct Democracy
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Obligates citiens to abide by government laws and politices. Responsibility to abide by laws as they are legitimate, as the electoral mechanism placed them in place. Modern democracy: representative democracy enforced due to the growing size of systems. Direct democracy: people deliberately discuss over issues directly, with the end result being a consensus (very rare) E. g. town hall meeting to discuss whether a new movie theatre is to be constructed. E. g. participatory budgeting in porto alegre (made by a vote, not consensus) Most common form today: referendum: when a piece of policy is submitted to the public for rejection or approval. Proposition 8, california: only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in. California people pro this proposition go collect signatures to get the proposition on the ballot. Gathered 1,000,000 signatures by the november 2008 election. Well known, as people and organizations on advertising to sway voters, raising money for campaigns.
