A2//democracy (+ Dahl criteria)

Question 1

democracy

Answer 1

normative form of politics/ ruled by people or collective autonomy. 3-stages process of INPUT (individual wills), THROUGHPUT (collective will), OUTPUT (collective acting).

Question 2

politics

Answer 2

art/process of collectively binding decisions

Question 3

government

Answer 3

the process of taking (legislative), implementing (judiciary ) and enforcing (executive) decisions.

Question 4

State

Answer 4

political structure (institution) that takes, implements, and enforces collectively binding decisions (rules + sanctions)

Question 5

Totalitarism

Answer 5

authoritarian regime that focuses only on public domain (where the state interferes) -> no private domain : the people/ social needs/etc

Question 6

political legitimacy

Answer 6

instaure rules legitimized (fair/just)

Question 7

Democratic process

Answer 7

Input = individual wills (private autonomy)
Throughput = collective will (collective autonomy)
Output = collective acting (collective autonomy)

Question 8

democratic legitimacy

Answer 8

3 steps (input/throughput/output) have to obey key democratic norms and values

Question 9

Norms

Answer 9

a rule that one/members of a collective have to obey (people in general/general norm)

Question 10

Values

Answer 10

something that we want, desire, aim for (personal goal, thinking)