POL114H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Universal Suffrage, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Presidential System
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Yes = canada, us, france but also autocratic states like russia, rwanda. **none of these are efficient in defining a democratic state. Many parties = single member district (representative) Suffrage is not universal two parties (democratic and republicans) Schmitter and karl would say that they are differently democratic. Citizenship: concept of a person with rights. Competition: parties, factions (not necessarily majority rule) citizens can voice varying opinions and majority can"t crush minorities. Cooperation: everyone has to agree on the rules even those in power. Representatives: those who are elected into power. You can have a great constitution but no rights put into practice. What is on paper is not taken into action. Democratic bargain = winners don"t exclude losers. You can"t change the rules once you"re in power and citizens must accept decisions of who is elected. They needed a certain number of electoral collage votes per state.
