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AP Comp Day 12 – democracy? Goal – To Understand democracy – its required characteristics, preconditions for democratization and consolidation To understand potential problems with democracy and potential solutions List 5 criteria that are necessary for democracy and explain why they are necessary for a regime to be defined as a democracy. Which, if any, is most important? Why? Discuss homework question with a new small group – evaluate Zakaria’s arguments Choose 2 of his proposals and evaluate his reasoning and his specific evidence Describe the transition model of democratization. What are the conditions necessary for a nation-state to transition from a non-democracy to close to a substantive democracy? Why are these necessary? With your partner develop a comprehensive definition and explanation of democracy (its different manifestations) and democratization. What are the inherent contradictions within democracy as a type? Why may democracy work in some countries and not in others? Why may democracy take very different forms in different countries? Library - http://www.quia.com/pages/westcompgov.html login - firstlast132 password – see sheet

Briefing Paper - process of democratization Independence Breakdown of authoritarianism Can be top down Military dealmaking Death of the leader Bottom up Economic problems Education and civil society development Democratic institutions and practices – procedural democracy Consolidation Briefing Paper - process of democratization During “transition” a country needs: Civil society S and K’s Contingent consent political culture – belief in the value of compromise Elections becoming freer and fairer Development of political and communication freedom Development of rules and accountability procedures Decreasing use of coercion, repression and force and the development of values against these tools

S and K - Procedures of Democracy in a nation-state: Elected officials make policy within constitutional limits w/o veto from informal or unelected sources or from super-sovereign influences from abroad competitive, fair, free, non-coercive & regular elections practically full universal suffrage Practically universal right to run for office Free and noncoercive right to expression Free, widely available & multiple information sources Civil society

S and K’s factors of feasibility for Democracy in a nation-state are: Agreement that electoral winners get to rule, but winners cannot freeze out opposition Citizens must follow rules, currently agreed to or not, so long as there is legitimacy based partially on belief that free elections will occur later “contingent consent” There does not have to be consensus, just rule of law consistent with the political culture or set of political norms Must be opportunity for alternation of power and policy S and K’s factors of feasibility for Democracy in a nation-state are: