PPT-Democracy in Africa U3A

Beechworth 2017 54 countries the newest South Sudan Just how big is it Fragile democracies Many of Africas worst Big Men were swept away Mengistu Haile Mariam fled Ethiopia in 1991 Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire now the Democratic Republic of Congo decamped in 1997 a year later Sani Abacha of Nigeria died in office. 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. 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 . 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)?. 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 ‘. . Discussion Topics. The ‘democratic deficit’ in Northern . Ireland (is Northern Ireland democratic?). The disenfranchised (victims, the poor, the apathetic, those outside the ‘two communities’). 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.. 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. 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 . Can Be The Best Years Of All. ENJOY. TOPICS. . you’ve longed to explore. ACTIVITIES. . that interest you. DISCUSSIONS. . that stimulate you. OUTINGS. . to entertain you. SOCIALISING . with like minded. 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.”. 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. 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.