Political Science 2230E Chapter Notes -Liberal Democracy, Webct, Negative Liberty
22 Apr 2013
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Citation analysis must use chicago style pdf on webct. Outline for each class is on webct and if you can answer the questions on that outline you will be fine for the exam. All forms share a set of values: freedom, justice, equality etc, but there is disagreement amongst liberals about what these terms actually mean and how to go about achieving them. Normative blue prints about what the good society looks like. Marxism, feminism, socialism and liberalism are all ideologies. Ruled by the people, consent of the governed, self-government, self rule: in canada is achieved through representative government. Important to distinguish between a democracy and a liberal democracy because what you can do in those two different democracies are very different. Regular democracy requires 51 percent of the votes in a voting situation: presents a problem called the tyranny of the majority liberalism tempers this problem in democratic theory.
