POLI 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Mixed Electoral System, Liberal Democracy, Civil Liberties
Document Summary
Poli 130: comparative politics: study and comparison of domestic politics across countries. This is also sometimes called single- winner voting or winner takes all: pr: proportional representation; an electoral system in which parties gain seats in proportion to the number of votes cast for them. Mmd (multi member districts: mixed electoral system: voters are given two votes - one for candidate and other for a party. Existing base and superstructure would come into conflict with new technological innovations, generating growing opposition to the existing order. Lectures: lecture 1: introduction, transition to modern nation states. Political: nation state: citizen involvement, common identity, lecture 2: democracy, greek: rule of the people , direct democracy. Advantages: full participation - no room for corruption. Disadvantages: hard to get that many people together: representative democracy. Ex: libya, syria, iraq: liberal democracy. Five features: responsible government, free and fair competition, equal rights to political participation, civil liberties, laws.
