Forms of Representative Democracy & Limited Government

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Participatory Democracy
broad participation in politics and civil society by citizens at various levels of socioeconomic status
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Pluralist Democracy
group-based activism by citizens w/ common interests all striving for the same political goals
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Elite Democracy
  • discourages participation by the majority of citizens

  • cede power to the educated & wealthy

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Natural Rights
  • John Locke

  • Life, Liberty, and Property

  • Derived from the Creator

  • Granted to all humanity

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Social Contract
humankind surrenders most extreme rights to self-preservation so they can enter into a commonwealth to protect natural rights
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Commonwealth
community system of gov
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Popular Sovereignty
Decisions are made about the actions of the state via the consent of the governed. We cannot govern without their consent to be governed
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Republicanism
The consent of the governed is expressed via regular elections appointing representatives by the electorate
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