Sociology 2105A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Liberal Democracy, Neoliberalism, Arab Spring
1 Feb 2018
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. : winston churchill. The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment. : robert m. hutchins. 2016 word of the year (oxford): post-truth : political beliefs determined by emotions vs. facts. Active political engagements: conscious, direct, formal (and informal) involvements in the country"s political structures (e. g. , voting, actively promoting causes, protesting) Reactive: disengagement from, or resistance to, the system in some way. Evidence (neo-)liberal democracies tend to have the lowest formal youth participation (us, uk, Need to first have an understanding of the facts and issues to benefit from internet access. Correct answers out of 56 (2002: us = 23 = 41, e. g. , finding iraq on a map = 13%; new york city = 50, canada = 27 = 48, sweden = 40 = 71.
