POLS 1000 Lecture 2: POLS 1000 - TUTORIAL 2 QUESTIONS

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1000
• Professor: Martin Breaugh

Document Summary

Pols 1000 introduction to politics lecture week 3. Why or why not: no, manin did not believe we lived in a democracy. He argued that the founders who conceived of the democratic government that we have today were truly opposed to democracy. Why: madison saw a democracy as a small group of individuals making decisions versus everyone making a decision for the people. He did not see representative government as a democracy but it had to be this way because there was so many people. He believed in a representative government because he thought that the people were not knowledgeable enough to make intellectual decisions for the people. Why: sieyes agreed with the idea that a representative government was better than a direct democracy. In contrast to madison, he argued it was due to the economy and social progress. Where do they disagree: they both agreed on the concept that representative government was better than a direct democracy.