POLS 110 Lecture Notes - Overseas Chinese, Vladimir Putin, Guided Democracy
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Legislatures are the means of operationalizing popular sovereignty. Hong kong"s functional constituencies : 35 of 70 members of legislative council (legco, elected by economic occupational constituencies, returned to chinese sovereignty in 1997. Sociological representation: new zealand"s aboriginal representation- mmp rep. 7 seats allocated to the maori, elected by a separate. Maori electoral poll: fiji"s ethnic representation (1990 constitution) Others: 5: china: national people"s congress. 2987 members (adds to more than 100% because of overlaps) Non-communist parties: 15: not allowed to gain control of state. Returned overseas chinese: 1. 2: chinese/chinese descendants who"ve returned to prc. Attempts to divide community up territorially and have a rep from that area. Nomenclature differs: us district (an riding, electorate avs plus nz, constituency uk: doesn"t represent what community looks the, 30% of canadian population is university educated. Vast majority of parliamentarians are university educated. Delegate: representatives seek to mirror their constituents" wishes.