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Industrialized Democracies. CHAPTER THREE. Thinking About Democracy. Key Questions How did democracy emerge? Why has it become durable recently? Why is there so much rancorous debate in industrialized democracies just now? What preserves the legitimacy of the democratic state?.
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Industrialized Democracies CHAPTER THREE
Thinking About Democracy • Key Questions • How did democracy emerge? • Why has it become durable recently? • Why is there so much rancorous debate in industrialized democracies just now? • What preserves the legitimacy of the democratic state?
Thinking About Democracy • The Basics • What is democracy? • Basic rights • Rule of law • Competitive elections • Civil society • Capitalism and affluence
The Origins of the Democratic State: Domestic Issues in North America and Europe Over Time • The early democracies: individualism, capitalism, Protestantism, scientific revolution, and exploration • The later democracies: Germany, Japan, France
Political Culture & Participation: Signifiers of Success • Civic culture • Political parties, voting, and elections • Parties and history • New divisions: Materialists, post-modernists, and Greens • Realignment • Interest groups • Political Protest
The Democratic State • Presidential and parliamentary systems • The broader state – Integration of elites
Public Policy • The interventionist state and economic markets • Foreign policy: Globalization and a multi-polar world