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.. Big Idea: . The people of Athens tried many different forms of government before creating a democracy. Main Ideas: . Aristocrats and tyrants ruled early Athens. Athens created the world’s first democracy. Plan for Today:. Comparing definitions of civil society, pros and cons.. Outlining contended roles of civil society in democratization.. Debating structure of civil society necessary to promote 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. 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. The . argument(s. ) that form the background of the course. • the relevance of pushing political philosophy and theory of democracy to the level a philosophical reflection on . the political . or of . 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.. 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.. 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. 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. 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..