PSCI 2101- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 24 pages long!)
11 Oct 2017
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A concept the continuing responsiveness of the government to the preference of its citizens, considered as political equals. Have preferences weighted equally in the conduct of government. Eight institutional guarantees: freedom to form and join organizations, freedom of expression, right to vote, right of political leaders to compete for votes, alternative sources of information, free and fair elections. Institutions for making government policies depend on votes. Political regimes vary in the level of. Participation: what percentage of populations entitles to participate in selecting or competing for government office. Contestation and participation vary independently 18th century england had contestation but low participation; the ussr had participation but little contestation). Democracy as an idea, and european cultural institutions. The rile of elites in promoting democracy. Democracy as an product of economic/ structural change. The role of the bourgeois class as a democratic agent. Theory: elites in an closed regime can choose option has costs and benefits.
