POLS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Joseph Schumpeter, Athenian Democracy, Representative Democracy
23 Nov 2017
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Democracy is any form of gov in which the rules of society are decided by the people who will be bound by them . When the state appears 5,000 years ago, it seeks to take the decision-making power away from society. 3 overlapping epochs in the historical development of democracy. John keane, the life and death of democracy. Assembly democracy: starting around 2,500 bce, in lands now within the territories of iran, Direct democracy: citizens participated directly in initiating, deliberating and passing of the legislation. Citizen juries: justice is responsibility of citizens (juries composed of 501-1001 citizens) Appointment of citizens to political office by lot. Citizen soldiers: every citizen had a duty to serve in the army. Ostracism: a bad politician could be kicked out of the office by the people. 10th-12th centuries- western europe with the invention of parliamentary assemblies. Invention of about 100 power-monitoring devices which had never existed before.
