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Week 4 GOV 133
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Democracy | A political regime in which government is based on a fair and open mandate from all qualified citizens of a community |
| Polyarchy | Rule by many (rather than rule by all), suggesting that not everyone has an equal role to play in what we normally think of as a democracy |
| Rule of law | An arrangement under which societies are governed using clear, stable, and just laws to which all residents are equally subject regardless of their status |
| Full democracy | A political regime with a strong record on democracy, as reflected in the openness and efficiency of government and the protection of rights |
| Flawed democracy | A political regime that is mainly democratic but that has problems in the quality of governance |
| Democratization | The process by which societies build the institutions and processes needed to become democracies |
| Direct democracy | A system of government in which all members of the community take part in making the decisions that affect that community |
| E-democracy | A form of democratic expression through which all those with an interest in a problem or an issue can express themselves vis the internet or social media |
| Public sphere | An arena in which citizens come together to discuss shared interests and concerns, free from the influence government, the state or the media |
| Representative democracy | An indirect form of government in which members of community elect people to represent their interests and to make decisions affecting the community |
| Liberal democracy | A form or indirect democracy that combines representation with the constitutional protection of individuals rights |
| Limited government | A belief that guarantees must be made for citizens by placing limits on the powers and reach of government |
| Liberalism | A belief in the supreme values of the individual, whose natural rights exist independently of government, and who must be protected from too much government |
| Checks and balances | An arrangement in which government institutions are given powers that counter-balance one another, obliging them to work together in order to govern and make decisions |
| Illiberal democracy | A political regime in which governments are democratically elected, but then work to weaken citizen rights and civil liberties |
| Human rights | The natural, universal, and inalienable rights to which all humans are entitled |
| Civil liberties | The rights that citizens have relative to government, and that should not be restricted by government |
| Civil rights | The rights that citizens have relative both to government and to other individuals |
| Structural violence | The social, political and/or economic oppression built into a system of government and directed at certain members or groups |
| Hybrid regime | A political regime that has some appearances of being democratic, but whose institutions processes, laws, and policies are manipulated to keep rulers or elite groups in power |
| Authoritarian regime | A political regime based on submission to the authority of ruling elites, limited political pluralism, control, intolerance of opposition, and human rights abuses |
| Autocracy | Literally "rule by one", but while monarchy (also "rule by one") is used in the context hereditary rule, ______ is a synonym for dictatorship |
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