PPT-Democracy and its dimensions. The State.

The State Lecture 3 Defining democracy Democracy born in antiquity Greece At first viewed pejoratively Plato Aristotle Up to XXth century. Democracy. within the EU: . The . Case of Hungary. .  . András . Bozóki . Professor of Political Science. , . Central European University. Republikon. . conference. , Budapest, . June. 11. . . Overview. Dimensions for evaluating democratic institutions.. Normative. Positive. Defining presidential, parliamentary, and mixed democracies. How do they work?. Implications of executive-legislative relations for policies and stability 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. 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 ‘. • generally taken as an ideal. => has today become almost synonymous with “the good society”. => the question of good society becomes blurred. - no longer a real question, because it is already answered. Revision. Legitimacy. The acceptance of the legal right of a government to rule. Often based on the consensus of the people (in a democratic state) and the constitutional endorsement of its position.. AP Comparative Government. Democracy. Democracy . is made up of the following characteristics. Rights:. In democratic societies, people have the right to freedom of the press, religion, association, and speech.. Principles of Government. SECTION 1 Government and the State. SECTION 2 Forms of Government. SECTION 3 Basic Concepts of Democracy. How is government defined?. Government is the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies.. Questions Sections 1 and 2.  . 1. How were the British East India Company and the British Crown able to take economic . . . and political control of India after the . Munghal. Empire’s decline?. 1240 to 1327Conquered Moors of Al-. Andalus. had special status and . were permitted . to have their own communities and courts.. According to a treaty in 1492, the Moors were to be allowed to preserve their mosques and religious institutions, to retain their language and to continue to abide by their own laws and customs. . Get out a half sheet and answer the following questions:. Based on your own thoughts and maybe combining what your peers wrote on the board, what is a government?. We know governments exist, but are they essential?. 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. 1828-1844. Chapter 10. Democracy in Theory . and . Practice Rise of the Common Man. Democracy became preferred description of American politics in 1820s and 1830s. In democracy, the people were sovereign and could do no wrong. Section 1. Government and the State. What is government. ?:. Government is an institution . through which . a . society makes and . e. nforces i. ts . public policies.. The Public policies of a government are, in short, all of those things a.