Making Democracy Work

(74) Putnam constructs a summary Index of Institutional performance that “displays the full list of indicators and shows how each is correlated with this summary index.” He defends this choice by saying that “combining these diverse indicators into a single index reduces the idiosyncratic impact of any single measure… our composite measure is both comprehensive and internally consistent.” (74) With that being said, there is a validity issue with the indicators in Making Democracy Work. Validity means that the measurement is indeed capturing what the concept is intended to make, and a perfect matching between attribute and indicators. However, validity issue is when the underlying attribute is one notion, the indicator is touching something else, and such a discrepancy can be witnessed for the Policy Implementation category because it is the central government, not the regional governments, that designed and funded the policies. Having neither funded or created these policies, the regional governments only relation to the these polices is just its implementation. Suffice to say, the indicators for Policy Implementation is touching on something else, instead of the underlying…

is based on the desirability of the work. If work is really unpleasant, one can earn their 4 labor credits in less time than someone who works at a really pleasant occupation. People also choose their own work, so if lots of people want a particular types of job, it has a lower labor credit value.Walden Two has a dairy and farms and is able to take advantage of crops that outside farmers might be unable to harvest because of its surplus of available labor. Everyone in Walden Two has plenty of…

As quoted by Avram Naom Chomsky who is described as the father of modern linguistics and a major figure in analytic philosophy, stated that” The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy”. (Liberal Democracy Quotes, 2015) This essay outlines how the principles, institutions and mechanisms of liberal democracy safeguards popular sovereignty. In order to uphold the preservation of popular sovereignty there are certain principles, institutions and mechanisms of liberal…

The United States is a democracy which means, it is a system of government where members ruled directly. Democracy is important to the U.S because this form of government provides freedom to its citizens. This form of government encourages political parties and interest groups to help with the policymaking process. A political party is a group of political people who operate the government with elections and determine public policy. Public policy is unwritten principles in regards to social…

Analysis of The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy In the first two chapters of Carl Schmitt’s “The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy”, Carl Schmitt shares a lot of information on his views of democracy and parliamentarism (liberal) by comparing them and also showing their differences. Schmitt states that since the early 1800’s individuals believed that in order for Europe to function, the country has to become democratic (Nyierra Golden) and then goes on to explain the essential characteristics…

Elite and popular democracy both have different perspectives when it comes to how a democratic system should work. In elite democracy, a rule is a heavy responsibility that should be borne by the few elite members of society, chosen by the people, who have proven themselves most capable. On the other hand, in popular democracy the people should rule themselves as much as possible, and the political system should facilitate their participation. Both models undertake a representative democratic…

Aristotle analyses politics as a whole. Relation between law and ruler, many rulers and one ruler, individual and state, state and house hold management, etc. Aristotle’s work seems to promote a community-centered approach to society in order to sustain the state, which aims at the good life for the its citizens—the good life is the aim of the state, and of minor institutions such as the household. From several types of community found in nature, the state is the most natural and best one.…

Healthy Democracy In book six of Aristotle’s, the Politics, Aristotle lays out two major tenets of a true, healthy, democratic regime. The first is that members of a healthy polity must understand being ruled and then ruling in turn. Within this overarching assumption there is the idea that each citizen should have an equal share, as well as the belief that the poor have more authority as they are a larger population in the polity. The second is that each member of a healthy democracy,…

study on the roots of the concept of democracy. Ancient Greece was radically different than all other forms of government known at the time. It represents an interesting microcosm of unique historical factors and it produces some of the greatest and most time-honored thinkers of all time. Two of these philosophers were Plato (427 B.C.E- 347 B.C.E) and Aristotle (384 B.C.E- 322 B.C.E). Both of these theorists were among the greatest political thinkers of their era, each contributing in their own…

Traces of democracy have been linked backed as far as the Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans. From the ideas of the Ancient Romans and Greeks, the idea came to inspire the colonists of America in the Pre-Revolutionary War era. Democracy in the Colonies could be coined with the term because these said colonies had several of the same traits as the “Traits of Democracy.” The development of democracy in Colonial America can be analyzed because of the “traits.” Democracy in Colonial America…