POLSCI 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Robert A. Dahl, Oligarchy, Steven Lukes
23 Jan 2018
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Political ideologies: an introduction, 4th edition, abingdon: routledge, 2014 download from university library. On liberty outlines why free speech matters, regardless of what is being said, but also discusses limits on free speech. De(cid:271)ate held o(cid:374) a tele(cid:448)isio(cid:374) sho(cid:449) (cid:272)alled the age(cid:374)da (cid:396)ega(cid:396)di(cid:374)g (cid:449)hethe(cid:396) m(cid:272)lea(cid:374)"s magazine was engaged in islamophobia; matter went before the human rights tribunal. Ten questions for the exam will be posted during the second-to-last class; six of these questions will be on the exam, and you can choose to answer three of the questions. Do(cid:374)"t (cid:373)e(cid:373)o(cid:396)ize defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374)s; u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)d the (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)epts of the te(cid:396)(cid:373)s. The p(cid:396)iso(cid:374)e(cid:396)"s dile(cid:373)(cid:373)a i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual (cid:396)atio(cid:374)alit(cid:455) does(cid:374)"t lead to so(cid:272)ial (cid:396)atio(cid:374)alit(cid:455); people ag(cid:396)ee to government (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause it"s i(cid:374) thei(cid:396) (cid:271)est i(cid:374)te(cid:396)est. The history of democracy depends on when in time and where you are looking. Plato democracy can be dangerous; analogy of the ship of state; emotion and passion triumph, rational thinking fades.
