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Democracy and political participation
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- 1Key concepts in this chapter: What is Democracy?-Political system were the government should serve the interests of the people.
-Liberal democracies it is also expected that citizens should influence decisions or make decisions themselves.
-The government should be accountable in a democracy. - 2Legitimacy-Is the right to exercise power.
-Institutions can usually claim legitimacy when they are accountable and /or elected. - 3Citizenship-Members of the political community have certain rights: Right to live and all the other the rights and benefits.
-Citizenship implies also a certain level of obligation: to give military service, to vote and to engage in some kinds of service to the community. - 4Participation-Opportunities for the people to become involved in political process: Involve voting; involve active work in political parties or pressure groups, or standing for public office.
- 5Referendum-Vote where people are asked to determine an important political or constitutional issue directly.
- 6Representation-Idea that people elect or appoint representatives to make decisions on their behalf rather than making those decisions themselves
- 7Democratic deficit-Fear that democracy is being undermined or weakened in a variety of ways.
- 8Democratic renewal-Measures designed to deal with the democratic deficit.
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