PSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Presidential System, Party System, Open List
18 Mar 2019
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Chapter 3: democratic political regimes: democracy- a political system in which the rulers are accountable to the ruled. Requirements for democracy: 1) elected government- 1 in 40 us officials, 2) civil liberties- expression, assembly, press, 3) fair and frequent elections- between 2 and 8 years, 4) assessing the quality of democracy: Elected government, civil liberties, fair and frequent elections participation and. Contestation democracy: accountability of the rulers to the rules. Parliamentary: presidential, separation of powers, executive separated from legislature, president vs. congress, origins: elected separately, survival: both have fixed term. Proportional electoral system: majoritarian, electoral- translate citizens" votes into legislative seats and/or control of a directly elected executive. Consequences: election of parties to parliament i. e. impact on the party system, proportionality of votes to seats, production of coalition or single-party governments, provision of constituency service/impact of case work. Impact of levels of electoral turnout: representation of social groups, plurality & majority rule- largest share of votes wins.
