5.0.2 Unit Five Concepts and Terms

Unit Question: To what extent should governments reflect the will of the people?

Issue Question: To what extent are the principles of liberalism viable?

In this unit, you will explore the following big ideas based on questions arising from the issue question:

  1. Where does true power come from?
  2. Who should make decisions?
  3. What are the challenges of a liberal democracy?
  4. Why are liberal democracies sometimes less than liberal in their practices?
  5. Can non-democratic political systems be liberal in any sense?
  6. Is it possible for an authoritarian political system to reflect the will of the people?

   This is a list of new terms you will encounter in this unit.

 
Aboriginal Healing Fund
anarchy
assimilation
checks and balances
citizen
citizenship
civil disobedience
civility
consent of the governed
consensus and consensus decision making
constitutional monarchy
direct democracy
dissent
electoral college
executive branch
enfranchisement
failed state
head of government
head of state
illiberalism
imperialism
Indian Act
judicial branch
land claims
legislature
legislative branch
legislative process
lobbyist
military dictatorship
non-confidence vote
oligarchy
one party state
pacifism
parliamentary democracy
party solidarity
plebiscite or referendum
plurality or "first past the post" voting system
proportional representation
representation by population
representative democracy
republican democracy
separation of powers
treaty
theocracy
social programs
will of the people