1. WHAT EXACTLY IS IT?? September 17, 2002
DEMOCRACY??
WHAT EXACTLY IS IT??
September 17, 2002

2. Opportunities for Mass Participation
Democracy -- A Process
Opportunities for Mass Participation
LOW
HIGH
Representative (Trustee) Democracy
Representative (Delegate) Democracy
Participatory Democracy
Direct Democracy

3. Democracy -- The Outcomes
Protection of Individual Rights
Low (Emphasis on General Welfare)
High (Emphasis on Limited Gov’t)
Communitarianism
Libertarianism

4. Democracy -- The Models
Individual Rights/Limited Gov’t
Liberal Democracy I
Liberal Democracy II
High Mass Participation
Low Mass Participation
Majoritarian (Radical) Democracy
Elite Democracy
General Welfare

5. Democracy: The United States Individual Rights/Limited Gov’t
Liberal Democracy I
Liberal Democracy II
United States
High Mass Participation
Low Mass Participation
Marjoritarian (Radical) Democracy
Elite Democracy
General Welfare

6. ASSESSING DEMOCRACY... ASSESSING THE DEMOCRATIC MODEL...
completely normative
difficult to apply label of “undemocratic”
ASSESSING THE PRACTICE OF DEMOCRACY
does the practice meet the ideals of the model?

7. THE CHALLENGE OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY...
COMBINING...
HIGH LEVELS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR MASS POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
STRONG EMPHASIS ON RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
why might they be difficult to combine??
citizens who participate in the political process are limited in what they can use government for
citizens who view themselves primarily as rights-bearing individuals have little incentive to participate in collective decision-making

8. The American Dilemma What is a “dilemma”?
What might the “American” dilemma refer to?
What is democracy?
What does American democracy look like?