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- 2. Democracy: What is the best political arrangement? Is it democracy? … What is democracy…? Is it
- 3. Democracy: What is democracy ? from Greek demos (people)+ kratos (rule) … we also need to
- 4. Plato and Aristotle
- 5. Democracy Various definitions: Power of the poor; Society of equal opportunities; Social assistance to the poor;
- 6. Democracy: representative vs. direct democracy modern democracy is representative democracy = a system of government based
- 7. Democracy: representative vs. direct democracy direct democracy (DD) in DD (or also "participatory democracy") all citizens
- 8. Democracy: A general definition of modern (representative) democracy: = a political system, based on political representation
- 9. Democracy: Other elements of modern democracy: multiparty system (=more than one effective party) the free media
- 10. Democracy – evolution: a history of modern democracy: in the 2nd half of the 19th c.,
- 11. Democracy – evolution (optional): the ‘third wave of democracy’ (Huntington) started Spain and Portugal in 1970s
- 12. Democracy (optional): other useful terms: deliberative democracy this concept has recently been extensively explored… democracy vs.
- 13. Democracy checklist– beyond formal democracy: Summary: a good democracy should include at least: rule of law
- 14. Democracy – seminar question (optional): What about corruption & democracy?
- 15. Seminar: Democracies vs. non-democracies: Typology of modern political systems / regimes (simplified): If not a democracy
- 16. Democracy vs. totalitarianism: What is a totalitarianism / totalitarian system /regime?
- 17. Seminar /self-study: totalitarian regimes:
- 18. The structure of rule (1) Totalitarianism: • Most extreme way of a dictatorship • Seeks total
- 19. Totalitarianism State control of individuals Methods of Enforcement Modern Technology State Control of Society Dictatorship of
- 20. A Government of Total Control Totalitarianism, Centralized State Control Totalitarianism—government that dominates every aspect of life
- 21. Some statistics 25-26 million people were repressed in the Soviet Union 17 million went through GULAG
- 22. Propaganda and Censorship Government controls all mass media (newspapers, radio) crushes opposing views; censor info. from
- 23. Stalin Builds a Totalitarian State Police State Stalin’s kept tight control on the country Created a
- 24. Stalin Seizes Control of the Economy New Economic System Command economy—government officials makes all economic decisions
- 25. Self-study /seminar: Former “socialist” countries: no real democracy – elections are not free (instead: “nomenclature” appointments
- 26. Daily Life Under Stalin Positive Effects Gains at Great Cost People better educated, gain new skills
- 27. Total Control Achieved Powerful Ruler By mid-1930s, Stalin has transformed Soviet Union - totalitarian regime; industrial,
- 28. Authoritarianism: • Less extreme than totalitarianism (Linz 1970): - Limited political pluralism - Absence of a
- 29. Authoritarianism Exercising control: • Monitoring and/or enforcing political loyalty • Typical for military rule: - Giving
- 30. Authoritarianism Policies: • Authoritarian regimes tend to implement more diverse and extreme policies than democracies -
- 31. Seminar: Former “socialist” countries:
- 32. Seminar – Democracy (optional): Is Kazakhstan a democracy? It really depends which criteria we apply… Most
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