POL 100 Lecture 4: lecture 4

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 100
• Professor: De Rooje

Document Summary

Democracy (cid:894) (cid:895) (cid:374)or(cid:373)ally gets tra(cid:374)slated as (cid:862)rule (cid:271)y the people(cid:863) Direct democracy, which was adopted by athens about 2,500 years ago, meant that citizens made the governing decisions. Aristotle saw democracy as class rule: the poor would govern according to their own interests and take away the property of the rich. Direct democracy (cid:862)a syste(cid:373) i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h (cid:272)itize(cid:374)s the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es (cid:373)ake the go(cid:448)er(cid:374)i(cid:374)g de(cid:272)isio(cid:374)s(cid:863) (course book) is rarely used for governing. Representative democracy involves citizens electing representatives to the legislature to make decisions on their behalf (course book) Liberal democracy (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:271)i(cid:374)es the li(cid:271)eral ideas of li(cid:373)ited government, individual freedom, and the rule of la(cid:449) (cid:449)ith a de(cid:373)o(cid:272)rati(cid:272) syste(cid:373) of go(cid:448)er(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) the ele(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of represe(cid:374)tati(cid:448)es(cid:863) (course book) Includes the following principles: limits on what government can do, freedom of expression and organization, freedom of media, free completion for political power. Democratic governments can be held accountable for their actions and inactions.