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8 Cards in this Set
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Inclusion
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-a key democratic value.
-democratic rights and freedoms must be for everyone. -rights cannot be limited or denied on a discriminatory basis. -groups should feel better off because of democracy. |
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Equality
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-a core democratic value.
-means that democratic rights and freedoms must be accorded to everyone on the same basis. -concerned with the distribution; no one gets more rights and freedoms than others. |
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Equity
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-means fairness.
-a political system must give people at least a reasonably fair chance to participate in politics without prejudice to gender, race, religion, etc. -on an economic level means increasing fair opportunities to increase ones wealth. |
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Rule of Law
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-the principle that the power of the state and its officials must be limited by the law and that no one is above the law.
-"a government of laws, not of men." -requires a constitution and independent judiciary. -based on values, and one of its main purposes is to ensure the implementation of those values. |
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Popular Sovereignty
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-the idea that the people determine how they are governed.
-the people are the source of the state's legitimacy. -deals with participation and accountability. -Without popular sovereignty, democracy would not exist. |
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Representative Democracy
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-the people elect state officials to represent them and make decisions on their behalf.
-the minimum form of popular sovereignty. -important because people need to vote in order to make their voice heard. |
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Polyarchy
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-means "rule by the many"
-coined by Robert Dahl -large-scale democracies, governing entire countries. -elite decision-making with mass participation, meaningful competition for power, and the accountability of the governing elites to be governed. |
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Democracy
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-a system of government that consists of certain core values, the rule of law, popular sovereignty, guaranteed rights and liberties, and the economic well-being of the populace.
-Democracies are a work in progress, and can be changed by the efforts of citizens and governments unlike dictatorships that resist change. |
