POL 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8 + 9: Ethnic Conflict, Absolute Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy
18 Apr 2016
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Most direct way we are involved is through voting and elections: Choosing governors whereby individual citizens cast their vote for candidates running for office". Quite rare, since it is organizationally and functionally difficult to have everyone involved in the. Political system where citizens are directly involved in the decision-making process" process. Political system of representation where citizens elect a delegate to act on their behalf". Political system where voters elect others to act on their behalf". Most political systems, including canada, rely on choosing representatives rather than direct involvement. Right to vote is not always fully democratic": Suffrage (granting of the right to vote) historically has been evolutionary, where some groups were not necessarily given the same rights. The waves of democracy three waves of democratization, the first two followed by limited reversals of that progress. This wave had its roots in the american and french revolutions.
