URST 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Open Data, Sociometry, Ridicule
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Turnout --> only about 39% of vancouver"s eligible voters cast ballots. Limited choices --> the choices of who to put to vote, are limited, they are also a result of political processes. Direct democracy: when you try to put all important questions/decisions to a vote, it is only practiced in small places or institutions (e. g. small neighborhoods or public communities), this is because its quite time consuming. Representative democracy: when you elect people to make decisions on your behalf. They have a limited authority you give them when you vote for them. Elitist model --> based on a study of political power in a small town (called "regional cities"), saw there was a small cohesive group of. Wealthy business elites and political officials that operated by. Consensus and made the majority of local decisions, coined by floyd. It was small enough group to enforce direct democracy.
