POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Presidential System
15 Nov 2012
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Apartheid in south africa - was one of the most inhumane political system. Inhumane act - whites cant have relations w/ blacks. Pass law - black south african"s have to have a pass to go into a white part of the country. This caused massive segregation in many aspects - political, economic, social. Existed until 1994 - finally allowed blacks to participate in society. Democracies would increase drastically from 1975 to 114 democracy"s in 2010. Polyarchy - citizenship - people are given the power. Candidates must be able to compete for vote. Democracy has been able to reject traditional forms of order. Everyone has a say - we all have the ability to participate. All of the decisions made are made by everyone: Liberty - we all have freedoms, expressed as rights - we have the right to disagree. The political sphere - we are all politically equal. Ex: everyone has one vote - rich or poor, man or woman.
