POL2101- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 21 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2101
• Professor: Luc Turgeon

Document Summary

If an issue isn"t responded to by government, people will often band together and take group action as the government is more likely to respond to the demands of a group of people rather than those of an individual. In the age of globalizations these actors in the external environment increasingly serve as the source for demands for domestic policymaking as no contemporary political decision has external implications on the economy and the environment. Inclusion and representation: free and fair elections, political equality, citizen engagement in community political life, effectiveness, responsiveness and accountability on the part of elected governments. Principles of democracy: popular sovereignty, political equality, majority rule. Good government: what is the (cid:862)pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) i(cid:374)terest(cid:863), what is (cid:862)good(cid:863), what should (cid:272)itize(cid:374)s (cid:373)easure as (cid:862)good(cid:863) go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s, accountability, transparency, responsiveness, participation and inclusion. Democratic deficit: gap (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) the realit(cid:455) of de(cid:373)o(cid:272)rati(cid:272) life a(cid:374)d (cid:272)itize(cid:374)s" aspiratio(cid:374)s of the de(cid:373)o(cid:272)rati(cid:272) ideal.