The Electoral College (Gateways to Democracy: An Introduction to
Textbook is Gateways to Democracy: An Introduction to American Government, Fourth Edition (Greer, Herrera, Schiller & Segal) Your paper should include a comprehensive overview of the Electoral College, explaining how the process works to elect the President and Vice President. Your paper should consist of AT LEAST 1,500 WORDS of substantive academic writing, and include […]
Assignment: Application: Critiques of Democracy
The United States often is singled out as a shining example of democratic governance; however, the U.S. system of governance is not immune to criticism. Scholars from the right and the left point out flaws in the U.S. system from its founding to its present state. An interesting feature of democratic governance is that loyal […]
Critically Assess at least 2 Arguments Used Against Democracy
Critically Assess at least 2 Arguments Used Against Democracy Dahls 3 Transformations argument of a progression towards a less democratic society Ancient city states Nation states (federalist republics and representative democracy) Supranational/international orders (European union) Jean Jaques Rausseau + + + Robert A. Dahl: ‘1989 – the second democratic transformation: from the city state to […]
Policy Memo: Electoral Democracy III: Voting Rules
The policy memo will be addressed to a client—a head of a government agency or international institution, or a policy strategist at a firm or NGO—and will briefly summarize the state of play of existing policy, outline the policy options, and explain how to choose among them. The idea behind these memos is not to […]
