POLSCI 3VV3 Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Democracy, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Liberalism

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POLSCI 3VV3
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
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-Athens was the most democratic place in the world
-There are all kinds of places that are considered democratic depending on what we define
democracy
-In most parts of the world democracy is the same concept
-Themos means people because Greeks were the first people to explore democracy
-Themos was the units in which Athens was constructed as a democracy
-Cratos means rule
-Themos + Cratos = people rule
-Once you get people farming, you are stuck. If you have a society that isn't organize on
agriculture and if you're the chief then they're going to leave. All sorts of societies were
organized in the Americas were more democratic than the Europeans.
-The best historical anthropology was that democracy had been invented in Iraq
-How Athenians made a democratic structure — the actual origins and how they about Athenian
democracy this is a difficult question for an economic and militarily of a relatively small
communities in Athens
-The first is the hop light fallax which is a formation infantry — it is a form of warfare where
people divide into small groups, you are not only such superior and this is important bc most of
the world were organized into big empires and mostly ruled into lots of land
-The second is try reem which is a small boat but you a need a dozen people to build it and
scale it, you need this to use militarily was to have people throwing, and fighting
-Athens was invested heavily in trade, they are less dependent on their agriculture. They also
get into manufacture whereas most societies have other resources, in Athens the power is in the
hands of 3 people
-Outward merchant type people:
-The Athenians are extremely successful in trade
-The system in Athens is highly commercial and extremely expansionist
-It is not exclusively ruled by the people
-Why would we hesitate to call Athens democratic? They were slaves, no women can vote, both
your parents had to be Athenian citizens, many foreigners did not have the right to vote
Paraclease — offices rotate, the closest thing you could get to a senior officer, the highest office
you can get elected to was to make you head of military affairs which made Paraclease do a
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speech of his job of 16 years which has always been pushing to allow more people get involved
in politics as well as more trade and expand Athens’ economy
Funeral — people that died in the pennopolesian war — War between Athens and Sparta
Spartans — they are the anti-Athenians, they are the opposite characteristics of Athens, they
depend on agriculture, they have no freedom, keep order and maintaining a strong military —
ran a military society and famously killed defected babies and beat the Athenians. Their war
lasted 27 years and in the end Athenians lost. It was based on the very first Athenian casualties.
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Athens was the most democratic place in the world. There are all kinds of places that are considered democratic depending on what we de ne democracy. In most parts of the world democracy is the same concept. Themos means people because greeks were the rst people to explore democracy. Themos was the units in which athens was constructed as a democracy. Once you get people farming, you are stuck. If you have a society that isn"t organize on agriculture and if you"re the chief then they"re going to leave. All sorts of societies were organized in the americas were more democratic than the europeans. The best historical anthropology was that democracy had been invented in iraq. How athenians made a democratic structure the actual origins and how they about athenian democracy this is a dif cult question for an economic and militarily of a relatively small communities in athens.

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