PSCI 110 Lecture Notes - Proportional Representation, Direct Democracy, Liberal Democracy

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Participation: citizens direct voice on who governs and what policies are implemented. Democratic: behaviour of citizens and politicians: citizens: genuine participation voting. Must be competition power cannot be concentrated in one act: power must be separated, competition describes role of politicians. Discourage competition to make sure that the outcome is not overwhelmingly in favour of one party separate the power. Need to look at participation of the population as well as the competition to determine if a country is a democracy. Naturally, need a level of social, civil, and political liberty to determine if a country is democratic. Example: russia: participation: they can vote, meet the criteria, competition: multiple parties, power separation: separated between president, court, etc, semi-democratic nation, problems associated with competition more dominating parties, electoral fraud, power is not equal. These conditions reduce how democratic the country is.

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