PPT-Age of Democracy and Progress

WH Chapter 10 Review Democratic Reform in Britain Reforming Parliament In 1815 Britain was a constitutional monarchy with a Parliament that included a House of Lords and a House of Commons yet only 5 of the population could vote. 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. Revision. What is a Pluralist Democracy?. A form of liberal democracy in which power is widely dispersed. Citizen participation occurs through pressure groups (as opposed to voting in elections). Pressure group membership allows people to promote diverse views, interests and grievances to the government. “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. L/O – To identify the key features of the Democracy movement . Deng’s opposition to Political Reforms. Although Deng believed in . economic reform . and . Westernisation. he was . very conservative . 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 . 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.. 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.”. HA 1.4. You will be able to …. Distinguish from among four forms of government—monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy. Explain the etymologies of monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny and democracy. Describe how democracy emerged in Greece during the late 500s BCE. How the masses change public policy. Outline. C.B. Macpherson’s Models. Frances Fox . Piven’s. Disruptive Power. Macpherson’s Analysis. Main forces of change. Ethical concerns. Forces of Change. L/O – To identify the key features of the Democracy movement . Deng’s opposition to Political Reforms. Although Deng believed in . economic reform . and . Westernisation. he was . very conservative . KAS-ACFODE program. Facilitator: Perry . Aritua. Districts: . Kisoro. & . Kabale. February;2012. Democracy. What is democracy?. “a form . of government . in which power & civic responsibility .