Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Liberal Democracy, Direct Democracy, Real Humans

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Charles Jones

Document Summary

Lectures 9 and (cid:883)(cid:882): political regimes in the past and present. Representative democracy is: an invention of the ancient greece (direct democracy, the preferred regime of jean-jacques rousseau (saw rep democracy but rejected. Likes direct democracy: incompatible with liberal democracy (liberal dem. Includes representative democracy: a regime that emphasizes elections, is to real democracy as the walking dead are to real humans. Lectures 9 +10 political regimes in the past and present. To explore the relationship between governments, regimes, and states. To place in context and examine in detail three different regime classification schemes: classical/aristotelian, three worlds, heywood(cid:495)s take. To consider the varieties and sources of authoritarian regimes. Why classify political regimes? to promote understanding by: establishing patterns, categories, exploring similarities and differences, evaluating effectiveness (which ones work better?) Government: institutional processes involved in making and implementing collective decisions. Political system: government plus broader structures and processes of interaction with society.