Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Reca, Public Good, Athenian Democracy
2 Nov 2016
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The power to issue and enforce binding demands. How should this power be distributed? (who should rule?) Who is doing the ruling - bad answers: the tallest, the most beautiful: the party leader who can secure the confidence of the house of commons. Everyone (locke"s argument is that everyone in the state of nature possess power in the state of nature) Every citizen should have the right to an equal say. Government of, by and for the people (according to abraham lincoln) De(cid:373)o(cid:272)ra(cid:272)y is a(cid:374)alog (cid:374)ot digital (cid:894)it"s o(cid:374) a spe(cid:272)tru(cid:373)(cid:895) (cid:374)ot either o(cid:374) or off. Directness of decisions - it can be indirect or direct. More direct is more democratic but not necessarily better to have more democracy across the. We have the technology where everybody can vote. Extreme lack of accountability: representatives elected for life. Our system: retrospective recall (voters get an opportunity every 4 years or so, can vote rulers out of power)
