Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Protectionism, Hunter-Gatherer, Neomercantilism
15 Apr 2016
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Democracy responds fairly to the competition of social interests. Power concentrates in the hands of a privileged minority, dubbed by mills as the power elite . Nulli es liberal democracy"s promise that the state is neutral. There is a power elite but it comes entirely from the economic hierarchy. Democracy works best when is incorporates key interests. Representative democracy is: an invention of the ancient greeks, the preferred regime of jean jaques rousseau (critical of representative democracy) Incompatible with liberal democracy c: a regime that emphasizes elections. Emphasizes the relationship between politics and economics. Economy in uencing political outcomes, voting based on class (money talks) In uence of political rules on production, distribution and exchange. Philosophy is considered to be uni ed knowledge (ex: aristotle) Political economy emerged as a branch beginning in the 18th century. Political science: offshoot of political economy and history that emerged in the late 19th and early 20th century.
