PO101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Mixed-Member Proportional Representation, Proportional Representation, Minority Rights
16 Nov 2016
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Po101 lecture 11 thursday october 27th 2016 political equality majority rule popular sovereignty political liberty (rights and freedoms) minority rights political competition rule of law. We are tracing differences in the design of democracy through constitutions : which lay foundation for power relations between: different parts of state (horizontal power relations) different levels of gov"t (vertical power relations) government and citizenselections are critical! Popular sovereignty citizens must be able to throw the rascals out . Fair political competition key to even the most minimalist versions of democracy. Achieving political equality citizens should have equal rights to participation. Organizing majority rule if each vote is to be counted equally, the decision of the majority must be accepted. How much money should be spent and by whom? https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=bsxjewldtow. How far is too far is anything off-limits? https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=ajiuil25eow. Organizing majority rule and minority representation also complicated depends on electoral system!
