PPT-The Challenge of Democracy

CHAPTER 1 Freedom Order or Equality Define globalization and explain how globalization affects American politics and government Identify the purposes that government serves and trace their . Derek Bell. Newcastle University. How are democracy and wellbeing related?. Is subjective wellbeing inherently democratic?. How should we use wellbeing data in a democracy?. Is subjective wellbeing inherently democratic (or undemocratic)?. 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. Democracy is both a sacred and a promiscuous word. We all love her but we see her differently. She is hard to pin down. Everyone claims her but no one can possess or even name her fully. To give any definition for a class to learn would not be particularly democratic. To have any open-ended discussion about possible meanings could be reasonably democratic. Perhaps like ‘. 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. Hobbes the Calvinist. Democracy is messy.. The will of the people can be damned.. Ask the folks in District A,. Who thought they voted but got scammed.. It wasn't even a bait and switch. The rank and file had no hope.. 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. 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). 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.. • an attempt to reconnect a strong (demanding) conception of . the moral ideal of democracy. with the problem of . political outcome. •. democracy as process. - neither just an institutional system of 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. HA 1.4. You will be able to …. Distinguish from among four forms of government—monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy. Explain the etymologies of monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny and democracy. Describe how democracy emerged in Greece during the late 500s BCE. 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. . Democracy: Rule by . the People. . Two Types:. A. Direct (pure): rule by the people . themselves.. B. Indirect (representative): rule . by elected representatives..