1. of Democracy Different?
Is the Canadian Model
of Democracy Different?
PSCI 102M

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

3. Where’s the American Political System?
Democracy:
Where’s the American Political System?
Limited Gov’t
Liberal Democracy II
Liberal Democracy
United States
High Mass Participation
Low Mass Participation
Elite Democracy
Participatory Democracy
General Welfare

4. Where’s the Canadian Political System?
Democracy:
Where’s the Canadian Political System?
Individual Rights/Limited Gov’t
Liberal Democracy I
Liberal Democracy II
High Mass Participation
Low Mass Participation
Canada
Canada
Participatory Democracy
Elite Democracy
General Welfare

5. Where’s the Canadian Political System Going?
Democracy:
Where’s the Canadian Political System Going?
Individual Rights/Limited Gov’t
Liberal Democracy I
Liberal Democracy II
High Mass Participation
Low Mass Participation
Canada
Canada
Participatory Democracy
Elite Democracy
General Welfare

6. Main Points!! multiple models of democracy
completely normative
there is no “right” model -- there is no “true” democracy
democratic model generally accepted in Canada appears to be shifting
has shifted towards a greater emphasis on individual rights (less emphasis on general welfare)
the distance of this shift is a matter of interpretation
may be shifting towards higher levels of mass participation – but this hasn’t happened yet