POL101Y1 Lecture : The lecture is presented by Professor Wong. He talks about the many issues that come with democracies, mainly regarding the ideas of equality of opportunity and equality of outcome.
16 Oct 2011
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Rules of the game: structured by this, known as political institutions, underpinning structure of democracy and rights governing human laws, rule of law rather than rule of man, democracies are predictable. Managing diversity: democracies as a political system is much better at managing diversity than other forms, moderates excess. Most individuals like to vote in the middle (bell curve) The ends are more or less extreme: norms of inclusion everyone is included in the political process. You are free to vote, or engage in a civil society social movement or even say what you want to say due to freedoms of press and assembly. This dynamism promotes democracies to be altered in a way that serves its society optimally. Equality: core principle of democracy, there are two ways to look at equality. Equality of opportunity (looking at the process of democracy) Political equality: all citizens regardless of any difference are treated political equally, rules of the game apply equally.
