ECON 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Deliberative Democracy, Representative Democracy, House Law
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Institutions started looking at innovations to engage the public with governing. Institutions matter e. g. trump won presidency even if he lost the popular vote (electoral college) How institutions are structured matters to the outcomes encourage people to interact with each other and with institutions. Democratic reforms can have multiple goals (even conflicting: expanding access to pol more ways for people to access and engage with politics become more supportive of institutions. E. g. mobility problems, job during voting hours . Not everybody has equal access institutions aren"t always inclusive and equitable as we think they are. Parliament set up 5 key principles: equality, transparency, accessibility, participation. Democracy already established setting up parliament is different. Picked from different democratic systems: strong committees (scandinavia) bicameral is too confusing, equal opportunities (gender and race) fptp doesn"t work pr, petition system more responsive. Link between constituency and citizens mmp system (from german system)
