Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Liberal Democracy, Political Class, University Of Western Ontario
26 Mar 2013
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Multi-member a number of people that are elected. Considers public issues be in large public issues could be related to pregnancy etc. things that affect all of us. Binding measures of public policy through legislatures we come up with rules that are eventually enforced. Symbol of popular representation - legislatures especially represent liberal democracies. Connect society to laws and legal authority it forms a connection between the citizen and a law enforced (police) Consent of the governed - it links society and law by providing legitimacy to the government. Size: how many members? (esp. lower chamber) Number of chambers: what vision of democracy? (what purposes you see for the government: unicameral = one chamber all laws only pass through the legislature from this one chamber. Accountable and decisive: bicameral = two chambers. Upper: rep = component sub-nationals sometimes its states, provinces or regions (like in canada) upper chamber doesn"t necessarily represent.
