PPT-Democracy &

Good Governance In the Asian Context Bruce Gilley Associate Professor of Political Science Director of PhD Program in Public Affairs amp Policy Mark O Hatfield School of Government Portland State University. 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)?. 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, . . Discussion Topics. The ‘democratic deficit’ in Northern . Ireland (is Northern Ireland democratic?). The disenfranchised (victims, the poor, the apathetic, those outside the ‘two communities’). “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.. 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.. 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.. Prepared by. Lyle McCurdy, Ph.D.. (Revision 4). Primary Source: . StopShariahNow. http://www.stopshariahnow.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=. article&id. =328&Itemid=149. Aug 09, 2012. • 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 . 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 ‘