Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Joseph Schumpeter, Plural Voting, Representative Democracy
4 Oct 2016
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Democracy - what is it: rule by the people, equal right to participate. 3: within constitutional limits, enabling a free and independent citizenry. Rousseau: the moment a people gives itself representatives, it is no longer free : people must rule themselves. Thomas paine: we need a system of government capable of embracing and confederating all the various interests . Elections - just the start: fallacy of electoralism - holding elections isn"t suf cient to be called a democracy (are the elections full participation, who are the candidates) The people" speaks by majority, or even plurality (plurality - largest minority) Winners govern - legislate on our behalf. Joseph schumpeter: democracy is about procedures, not goals (democracy produces goals - more equal income, etc. However, we tend to see democracy as a method, a method for electing representatives - connecting people indirectly with the exercise of power.
