PPT-Is Democracy Evil?

Democracy Traditional Democratic Theory Democracy should fulfill the following Equality in Voting My vote equals Obamas vote Effective participation equal opportunity Enlightened Understanding must have ideas with the freedom to express. 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.. in Ancient Greece. EQ: How did democracy develop in Ancient Greece?. MONARCHY. MONARCHY. MONARCHY: . power in the hands of one person; usually a king. Etymology: . monos. . = “single” and . 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. on economic. , political and social performance. Kristobal Miguel Meléndez . Aguilar. Introduction. In 1959, . by . calculating averages of some welfare variables, Lipset showed that, in all cases, . Revision. What is a Pluralist Democracy?. A form of liberal democracy in which power is widely dispersed. Citizen participation occurs through pressure groups (as opposed to voting in elections). Pressure group membership allows people to promote diverse views, interests and grievances to the government. 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. 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. 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.. Prepared by. Lyle McCurdy, Ph.D.. (Revision 4). Primary Source: . StopShariahNow. http://www.stopshariahnow.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=. article&id. =328&Itemid=149. Aug 09, 2012. 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.”. 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. 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. Democracy: Rule by . the People. . Two Types:. A. Direct (pure): rule by the people . themselves.. B. Indirect (representative): rule . by elected representatives.. Why did democracy give way to militarism in Japan? L/O – To identify and examine how Japanese democracy was undermined and why it collapsed in 1932 Japan between the Wars Between 1918 and 1932, Japanese politics went through a period known as ‘