POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tammany Hall, Liberal Democracy, Majoritarianism
30 Aug 2016
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What is the form of government (democracy, oligarchy, dictatorship) Why does a system of government change. Ask why democracies succeed, isolate the conditions: democratic failures in interwar europe, history of democratisation, today. Elections (meaningful, free and fair) (ex: tammany hall vote early, vote often: controlled nyc) Certain substantive rights, free press, right to free association, protest, have political meetings. Certain degree of political participation being involved in politics (greatest source of information, the internet, lets us as less physical contact) Gender, gender democracy full equal rights and participation for women. Liberal democracy accepts liberal values + democracy. Democracies can be inefficient and slow (such as in the us) History of democratization: samuel huntington"s the three waves. First wave: early 19th century to 1922: extension of suffrage to propertied males, all males and (in some countries) women. Interwar period: democracy collapsed in italy, poland 1926, portugal 1932, germany 1933, spain 1939.
