POLS 110 Lecture 6: lecture #6
14 Jan 2016
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St 2015 lecture #7: assumption in liberalism argues that liberal democracy & capitalism re-enforce each other emphasis in both of freedom, protective vs. developmental democracy: Protective benefits the interests of the supporters; main interest is to restrain the state"s power; purpose is to protect citizens & private property. Developmental benefits the individual because they participate in the decision-making; an increase in societal rationality & community; do what the locals want: relationship to capitalism: Is capitalism necessary to achieve democracy? (do free markets and free votes go together?) Democracy citizen vs. consumer interests: consumer: Corporate selective funding of charities if people"s jobs are moved overseas, labor becomes cheaper: citizen: Common good projects dependent on corporate funding (e. g. : if sponsor is cibc or mcdonald"s) Inequality do the wealthy have too much power: continuing justifications for the spread of democracy: People should be involved in governing themselves involved in this. Some principle of equality (of influence) should be.
