POL111H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Liberal Democracy, Representative Democracy, Limited Government
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Firstly, the class focused on the topic of liberal democracies in terms of defining their nature and important features. A lowercase l is used when referring to liberal ideology and an uppercase l is used when referring to the liberal political party. Similarly, a lowercase c is used when referring to conservative ideology and an uppercase c is used when referring to the. Focuses on the concept that power can easily be abused and in turn seeks to put limits on what the government can do. It is based on the rule of law, these laws are established to once again limit government. It is not the only form of democracy. Liberal democracies are are representative democracies, meaning that they elect politicians to debate and govern. Liberal democracy is accepted by a larger scope of people than just the liberal party. Many parties support the idea of a liberal democracy.
