PPT-Chapter 2: Majoritarian or Pluralist Democracy?

Daily Dilemma 4 Which is better a government that is highly responsive to public opinion on all matters or one that responds to organized groups that argue their case effectively Introduction. Forms of Government - Democratic. Direct Democracy. Representative Democracy. People. Laws. Created by the people. Representatives. Elected by the people. Laws. Enacted by elected. representatives. Supreme authority rests in the hands of the people.. Plan for Today:. Considering . structure . of civil society and . debate on how it relates . to democratization.. Assessing whether or not civil society is a . universalizable. component of democracy.. Good Governance. (In the Asian Context). Bruce Gilley. Associate Professor of Political Science. Director of Ph.D. Program in Public Affairs & Policy. Mark O. Hatfield School of Government. Portland State University. . Discussion Topics. The ‘democratic deficit’ in Northern . Ireland (is Northern Ireland democratic?). The disenfranchised (victims, the poor, the apathetic, those outside the ‘two communities’). DO NOW. What could explain falling voter turnout at UK general elections? List at least . three. factors and explain their potential impact on voting behaviour. . Three p. ersistent criticisms of UK democracy. Political Economy of the Global South. Prof. Tyson Roberts. What is Democracy?. “that institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people’s vote” (Schumpeter 1947). Chapter 1-. Democracy in Perspective. Chapter 2-. Facing Controversial Issues. Chapter 3-. How We See Things. Chapter 1- Democracy in Perspective. The Meaning of Democracy. demos. (the people) . kratia. PHILIP KITCHER. IN COMPLEX SOCIETIES, THERE IS A LOSS OF COMMUNITY – AND THIS IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE HEALTH OF ANY DEMOCRACY.. THE ECONOMIC PRESSURES OF COMPLEX SOCIETIES DISTORT THE FUNCTION OF EDUCATION, AND THEREBY UNDERMINE DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND INSTITUTIONS.. JYOTI. Assistant Professor. Department of Political Science. PGGC-11. Chandigarh. Democracy is the most popular and the most talked about form of the modern era.. Dicey, “Democracy is the form of government in which governing body is comparatively a large fraction of the entire nation.”. Fourteenth Edition. Chapter 5. Regimes. Roskin. | Cord | Medeiros | Jones. Table . 5.1 . Main Regime . Types. Democratic. U.S., West Europe. Transitional. Egypt, Russia. Authoritarian. Iran, China. Guiding Question – What are the basic concepts of democracy?. Student Objectives:. Understand the foundations of democracy.. Analyze the connections between democracy and the free enterprise system.. Greece. : The Ancient Greeks governed. under a . direct democracy. . In a direct . democracy, citizens participate . directly. in. the decision making process of . Government.. Rome. : The Ancient Romans saw the rise of. CHAPTER . 2. Majoritarian or Pluralist Democracy?. Distinguish between the two theories of democratic government used in political science: procedural and substantive. . Compare and contrast the majoritarian and pluralist models of democracy. . By . PresenterMedia.com. The politics of deficit spending. 1999 / 2000 financial "miracle" (first surplus since 1969). Uniform public opinion versus divided politicians . Cut spending? . Raise taxes?.