POLS 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Liberal Democracy, Good Governance
12 Apr 2016
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Liberal democracy: characterized by free and fair elecions, universal sufrage, a relaively high degree of personal liberty, and protecion of individual rights. One one the three internal funcions of a modern state is to see the state as a tool a pliable instrument , looking autonomy in the hands of one or more groups in the society. This could describe a genuine liberal democracy where the people control the state"s acions. Rule of the law is one of the essenial elements of good governance. It is an integral feature of liberal democracy. Another deining characterisic of liberal democracy: the right of ciizens to determine their own government and therefore a preferred set of policy opions. Liberal democracy: a state characterized by free and fair elecions, universal sufrage, and a relaively high degree of personal liberty, and protecion of individual rights.
