PPT-Political Philosophy Five Principles of American Democracy

Rule of Law Popular Sovereignty Respect for Individualism Equality of Opportunity Personal Liberty Rule of Law The government and its officials and agents are accountable under the law The laws are clear publicized stable and fair and protect fundamental rights including the security of persons and property . • 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. (1924 – 2010) . Publications and translations. Le Travail de . l'œuvre. , . Machiavel. , 1972, . Machiavelli in the Making. , 2012. Les . Formes. de . l'histoire. . . Essais. . d'anthropologie. . Political Risk. Risks to businesses from political events. . Glossary. Link. Nationalization:. Venezuela. Chavez: Venezuela will . nationalize gold . mines. Chavez orders nationalization of . Cargill. Getting ready for the Chapter Test. What is political power?. Definition: the ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person’s intentions. Political Power. Can be exercised in an obvious or subtle manner. Topic 14. Democracy And The Changing World. Democratization: the change from dictatorship to democracy, marked by the holding of free and fair elections. Hardliners: those who fight to maintain the status quo. • 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 . A Political system. is a pattern of political relationships that involves power, authority, or ruling, which authoritatively allocates values for a society. The key assumption built into this definition is that in every society people have different values such as interests, objectives, desires, resources, and these must be authoritatively allocated or distributed in a conflict situation (scarcity vs. incompatible goals). “How is this done” or “how are values distributed,” or in Lasswell’s classic phrase, “Who gets What, When, and How?” becomes the basic question of politics and the main task of any political system. This question refers to “the authoritative allocation of values,” which could take different forms! . 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. What is political power? . Power. is the ability to get another person to act in accordance with the first person’s intentions.. Authority. . It is defined as the right to use power.. Formal authority is the right to exercise power vested in a governmental office.. 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 ‘ 1Secretary General Luis AlmagroOrganization of American StatesChallenges to Democracy in the Western Hemisphere 20 years after the Inter-American CharterHearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign What institutions . help meet the principles of democracy?. Warm-up:. Levels of Freedom . Which continent has the most freedom? . Which has the least freedom?. What do you think accounts for this difference?. Early Democracy vs Modern Democracy. Common claim: . Europeans invented democracy.. But. . if we see the ‘consent of the people’ as the defining feature of democratic rule, then democracy is a relatively common system of rule in human...