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    Leo Huang 11074144 9/8/2014 3:59:00 PM

    POLI 100 Readings 1 Notes



    Democracy- Hanson

    Unanimously agreed that democracy is both ideal and desirable

    (Democracy) was not always seen in a good light

    Previous negative connotations replaced with positive ones (sovereignty and
    equality)

    Popularization of democracy people struggled to achieve democracy when
    they gained power the influence gained in the name of democracy changed the
    meaning of democracy

    Present confusion over the meaning of democracy democracys rise to power
    came with competing interpretations of what democracy was, therefore it lost its
    meaning

    Going on about the above point, the oversaturation of democratic movements has
    turned it to something little more than a hurrah buzzword. Some favour
    scrapping the vague democracy with more specific concepts such as polyarchy

    The semantics involved with democracy are the same as any associated with
    political language

    The interpretation of Democracy really is was forged through political rhetoric

    USA has been associated with democracy the longest, and its status as a world
    power helps spread its political ideology (history of democracy is also important)

    II

    For well over 2000 years, democracy was considered an inferior form of politics

    Class rule was feared single ruling social class without regard for others =
    corruption and imbalance

    Democracy considered class rule, and also the worst form of class rule (because
    the poor were the ruling class)

    Democracy comes from demokratia, rule by the people Demo specifically means
    common people; not slaves, but politically untutored citizens.

    Because of the fact that they were uneducated, them pursuing their own political
    interests was considered to be at the expense of the state

    4 or 5 centuries before Christ, the demo forced themselves into politics

    Rhetoric behind their inclusion unknown

    Freedom was closely associated with Democratic Cause

    Equality before the law movement resulted in democracy Democracy was not
    an object, but the result of a cause for greater equality

    Later generations expressed resentment at governing elites, but did so free from the
    notion of democracy

    Democracy wouldnt become popular in Western European politics until the 18
    th

    century

    The Age of Revolution was divided on a line between Democracy and
    Aristocracy

    Earlier on, before this age of revolution. The commoners and lords would
    frequently rise against the monarchy. (sometimes together, sometimes alone).
    However, the uprisings were usually against the monarch incumbent rather than
    the concept of monarchy itself.

    Earlier revolutions were in the name of god, rather than human rights movements
    (or at least not in the modern sense of human rights)





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