POL111H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Direct Democracy, Social Democracy, Neoliberalism
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Small l liberal refers to liberal ideology. Liberal democracies combine the liberal right to individual freedom, with the democratic right to representative government. In a representative democracy we elect politicians who debate the issues and govern us. Direct democracy: the people rule directly and decide what the government will do. Rep lib democracy (canada): direct consultations with the people over public policy issues are rare. Canada has only had three national referendums. 1898: whether the federal government should ban the sale of liquor, 51% voted yes to prohibition but the government chose not to proceed with prohibition. Small l liberal democracy: an indirect democracy where government decisions are made by another executive officer after debate and discussion by legislature. Combies indirect representative democracy, with a culture that stresses individualism and the capitalist market economy. They hold fair and free elections to political parties that are free to organize, compete and promote their own ideas.
