POL101Y1 Lecture 6: Lecture 6-Participation Lecture
Document Summary
Liberalism and democracy are not the same thing. And you can have one without the other: illiberal democracy. Democracy is about extending power to the people- a radical idea. Transforms the way we think of the right to govern. Liberalism comes before democracy, transforms what we think about power. Liberalism is about rights and freedoms: freedom of the press, free speech, human rights. Selective gratification: selective material benefits, selective social gratification, selective civic gratifications. Collective policy outcomes (one that would not be predicted by rational choice theorists) Most people do not cite selective material benefits as the reason for political participation. Most people do not cite selective benefits as a reason for participating. Selective social gratification is important to social types of participation. Civic gratification is high for all forms of voluntary participation. When people participate in activities with intended policy outcomes, they identify collective policy outcomes as an important motivation for participation.
