PPT-Economic effects of democracy

Political Economy of the Global South Prof Tyson Roberts How does democracy in the Global South affect economic growth and other economic outcomes Argument that democracy is bad for growth In poor countries democracy unleashes pressures for immediate consumption gt less investment gt less growth. Three Simultaneous Events n 1996 Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act or PRWORA which substantially restructured public assistance programs PRWORA gave states almost entire discretion to design and oper 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 . 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, . 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 ‘. “If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost. .” . Atistotle. Civics. L/O – To identify the key features of the Democracy movement . Deng’s opposition to Political Reforms. Although Deng believed in . economic reform . and . Westernisation. he was . very conservative . 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.. 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.”. 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. 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. 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 ‘