POLI 100 Study Guide - Political Philosophy, Totalitarianism, James Mill
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Popular rule or rule of the people. Process for collective decision-making where each member of the association is considered politically equal. Large scale democracies require (dahl): free, fair, and frequent elections, freedom of expression, alternative sources of information, associational autonomy, elected officials. All governing bodies should be involved in crucial decision making. Rulers should be accountable to the ruled (justify their actions can be removed if not right) Rulers should be chosen by representatives of the ruled. Rulers should act in the interests of the ruled: dahl"s criteria for a democratic process. Can lead to clash between the courts" enforcement of rights and parliamentary sovereignty: rule of law (what does it mean?) Define, summarize or explain important concepts, ideas and theories that we have examined this term: rule by law concern is the authoritative allocations of societal values, laws are created to regulate human conduct. Everyone in society is expected to obey the law, theoretically everyone is equal before it.
