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6. What is a fairer system of voting that majority wins?

  • Lottery voting
  • FPTP

7. Which of the following, according to Dahl's list, is not an opportunity provided for by democracy?

  • inclusion of adults
  • guaranteeing liberty
  • equality in voting
  • effective participation
  • gaining enlightened understanding
  • exercising final control over the agenda

8. Quote showing that democracy protects from tyranny of the majority?

  • 'majority might does not make majority right'
  • 'rule by all or rule by none'

9. What is the law of time and numbers?

  • the more citizens a democratic unit contains, the less that citizens can participate directly in government decisions and the more that they must delegate more authority to others'
  • representatives cannot see all of there constituents for the practical reasons of time and numbers

10. What does Dahl say about guardianship?

  • 'experts on tap, not on top'
  • 'to govern a state well requires more than scientific knowledge'