Democracy

Created by: Emily Lunnon
Created on: 14-06-14 11:52

Who says 'no state has ever possessed a government that fully measured up to the criteria of democratic process. None is likely to'?

Dahl

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Quote showing that democracy protects from tyranny of the majority?

'majority might does not make majority right'

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How many wars were fought between 1945 and 1989, none between democracies?

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Where can this passage be found: 'we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness'?

American Declaration of Independence

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What does Dahl say about guardianship?

'experts on tap, not on top'

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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'

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What is a fairer system of voting that majority wins?

Lottery voting

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What are Waldron's two categories of rights?

rights consitutive of the democratic process and rights which embody the conditions necessary for the legitimacy of democracy

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Quote showing that democracy protects from tyranny of the majority?

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'majority might does not make majority right'

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