PSC 123 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Factor Endowment, Gabriel Almond, De Jure
23 Apr 2018
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What makes a country democratic: elections: individual voters should be free and fair, regular competition elections with several distinct political parties. Individual liberties: equality before law, due process, human rights. ***absence of any of these will cause a society to be less democratic. Illiberal democracy: individual liberties chipped away, election. Liberal non-democracy: no free/fair election, individual liberties protected. Direct democracy: all legislatures, policies are voted by the people directly. Representative democracy: assign representatives to represent the people. Deliberative democracy: all the citizens and representatives deliberate on what they believe is best for society. Autocracy/dictatorship: one person or group of individuals dictate. Plutocracy: the wealthy rule, rule by the wealthy for the wealthy. Karl marx believed any state was this. One-party rule: one party rules with the exclusion of other parties. Social and economic institutions exists that are not under the government"s control. Citizens have less of an input on decision making. Wants to control every aspect of society.
