POLS 1000 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Democracy, Egypt, Capitalism
12 Oct 2018
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90% of all countries claim to be a democracy: even china, soviet russia, and north korea. People in power are accountable for their actions. Countries who founded democracy (ancient greece and rome) no longer fit definition of democracy: Only about 10,000 people made the decisions. Had votes every 10 days or so. There were no defined roles: appointed some people to jobs such as garbage collection and market runner, they were selected from a draw not elected, new people selected for jobs every year. Ancient democracy known as (cid:862)direct(cid:863) democracy: what was used in ancient greece. In 2000, bush won the election because he had a majority in the college but only. Democratization: creating a democracy: from bottom up: starting with the people, from top down: starting directly with the government. Democracy has no clear definition: always changing. Usa: model of democracy, was not born as a democracy in 1776, was (cid:374)ot a full de(cid:373)ocracy u(cid:374)til the (cid:1005)96(cid:1004)"s.
