1. Chapter 2: The Industrialized Democracies

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3. Democracy and the Big Questions Assumptions o Take democracy for granted o Think democracy is the best type of regime o Existing democracies need not be improved Copyright © 2015 Cengage

4. Thinking About Democracy The bottom line o People cannot directly govern Rights o Basic freedoms of speech, religion, association, and the press o Political and human rights Copyright © 2015 Cengage

5. Thinking About Democracy Competitive elections The rule of law Capitalism and affluence Civic society and civic culture Copyright © 2015 Cengage

7. Which Countries Are Democratic? Key Questions o Why did democracy first emerge? o Why did democracy become established in late 20th century? o Why is there so much debate about public policy? o Why don’t people question regimes/democracy? Copyright © 2015 Cengage

8. The Origins of the Democratic State The evolution of democratic thought o Thomas Hobbes o Laissez-faire capitalism o John Locke o Suffrage rights Copyright © 2015 Cengage

10. The Origins of the Democratic State Four crises o Four great transformations: Creating the nation and state Defining the role of religion in political life Handling pressures for democracy Managing the industrial revolution Copyright © 2015 Cengage

11. The Origins of the Democratic State Four crises o Development of nation and state o Protestant reformation o World War II o Cold War Copyright © 2015 Cengage

12. Political Culture Three conclusions o People see their regimes as legitimate o Scholars have examined dimensions of democratic political culture o Political culture rarely determines what people do Copyright © 2015 Cengage

13. Political Participation Left and right Catch-all parties New divisions o Realignment o Party identification Copyright © 2015 Cengage

15. TYPE OF PARTY COUNTRYGREAT BRITAIN FRANCEGERMANY COMMUNIST---PCFPDS SOCIALISTLabourPSSPD LIBERALLiberal Democrats a cFDP CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC ---cCDU CONSERVATIVEConservativeUPM d --- OTHERRegional b Greens and National Front Greens

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17. Political Participation Interest groups Political protest o Occupy Wall Street o Tea Party Copyright © 2015 Cengage

18. The Democratic State Presidential and parliamentary systems The rest of the state o Bureaucracy o Iron triangle Copyright © 2015 Cengage

23. Public Policy The interventionist state Foreign policy o U.S. most active state Copyright © 2015 Cengage

24. The Media Two conclusions: o Easier but more confusing to find out about politics o Citizen views may differ from politicians and media moguls Copyright © 2015 Cengage