PSCI100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Liberal Democracy, Philosopher King, Autocracy

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PSCI100
• Professor: Gerard Boychuk

Document Summary

Relationship between the executive (state) and the legislature. We dont pick the pm, we pick the party. We elect parliaments - not governments or pms. Not all parties need a majority, because a party only needs a certain amount of seats to win (32/100 support might be enough) After the election, the govnt will probably do the same thing it does now. Parties only try to do a portion of the things they promise. Some of the issues that arise after will not be things they promised and are unanticipated. Even if a policy solution is presented, implementing it is the issue. Any political solution has to make different appeals to different types of people. Plato and aristotle rst classi ed political systems. Asked: who rules? and in whose interest do they rule? (interest of all or sel sh reasons?) Plato (the republic) - a man with wisdom and morals and could rule by personal judgement rather than law.