Exam 10: Democracy and Democratic Government

Rule of law is enshrined in liberal democracy.

Popular participation is an essential feature of democratic systems.

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of a democratic deficit?

What forced governments to adopt universal adult suffrage?

Who coined the phrase "a government of law and not of men"?

___________argues that ordinary people possess common sense and should have more political power than the elites who control politics in representative democracies.

Democracy is closely associated with the ideal of _________.

_____________ procedures allow citizens to remove representatives from office before the end of their term of office.

A means of giving the public to have a proposition that they have drafted put to vote by the electorate after obtaining a sizeable number of signatures is known as a ______.

Washington and Colorado voted to legalize ___________ on November 6, 2012.

In which country do they reserve legislative seats for minority groups?

A(n) __________ gives people the opportunity to vote on a particular issue or proposed law.

In what contemporary context are forms of direct democracy practiced in the form of citizen meetings?

Describe the difference between Plato's and Aristotle's perception of democracy.

The citizens of Athens met in an open assembly once every two years.

Which of the following is considered to be a defining feature of liberal democracies?

About 2,500 years ago, the Greek city-state of Athens adopted a system of ___________.

Which of the following is not a form of government accountability in liberal democracies?

Who argued that ordinary people did not know what was in the interests of the nation?

What are three essential features of liberal democratic systems?