Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Direct Democracy, Elitism, Corporatism
15 Oct 2018
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The majority of the world states are: sovereign, residual, imperial, unitary correct answer, still willing to let justin bieber through customs. Lecture plan: explore the varied types and sources of political legitimacy, define democracy and identify its key features, consider in detail the different models of democracy. Since weber: democracy also legitimates, a) popular consent and participation. Invites us to participate through elections, etc: c) feedback mechanism, b) facilitates peaceful reconciliation of competing interests, everything will get feedback, through the political system if we. Crisis of legitimacy: political regimes can weaken or fall based on loss of legitimacy. In democracies: a) if demands overwhelm institutions, b) if the needs of capital trump the needs of the people. Democracy what is it: a contested term because it is multi-faceted, many varieties there are different ways to institutionalize a democracy, popular sovereignty consent not enough.
