Political Science 2137 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Universal Suffrage, Age Of Enlightenment, Serfdom
21 Oct 2016
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Demos (common people) + kratia (power & rule: people can exercise power directly/indirectly. Allowed white men only to participate: became representative democracy (elections) In (demands/support) political system out (decisions & action) Freedom from discrimination gender, race, disability, sex. European enlightenment individual most important agent. Productive wealth privately owned, used to produce things for profit: driven by logic of profit not subsistence (benefit of own existence) Religion scientific rationality, economic freedom (capitalism: free from arbitrary oppression, dominant superstitions (church, most efficient mechanism for allocation of resources, invisible hand (adam smith) - determines price, quantity, different from wealth. Voluntary & open to all: individuals can sell/buy any good (legal) System where serf live on plot of land from lord in exchange for protection and ability to use land for own consumption. Individuals are rational and self-interested necessary for market function: closed system no other states can interfere (sovereignty) Citizens, firms, trade associations, religion pressure on government.
