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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.8308 cm} x{1.23579 cm} x{1.51041 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{What is Democracy?}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1. Voting (Universal Suffrage) and ability to run for office & 2. Free and fair elections & 3. System of checks and balances \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Increased Democratisation after 1945}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Almost all wealthy, industrialised countries adopted Democracy} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{As well as most of the poor Asian, Eastern European, African and Latin American countries} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Less Democratic breakdown compared to 1920/30s, Greece, Chile, Pakistan} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Liberal Rights and Democracy}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Must Democracy be Liberal? Individual freedom and human rights} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Liberal Democracy - Is it Democratic? How Liberal is it? How stable is it?} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Backslide of Democracy}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Freedom House's Freedom In The World 2018} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{US withdrawal from the protection of global democracy} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Pointing to events such as the fall of Robert Mugabe's democratically elected regime in Zimbabwe} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Rise of authoritarian influence of China and Russian aggression challenging Democratic powers} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Challenges to Democracy}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{It has not all been smooth sailing - challenges to transition successfully from regimes} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Early 2000s Orange revolution in Ukraine, where elections were shown to be rigged, massive protests and the eventual violent riots after the next regime change} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Rise of Populist, Authoritarian leaders such as Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Specifically right-wing populism which tends to challenge Liberalism with elements of xenophobia and racism which directly contradict the liberal rights of the individual} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Unsustainable debt-financed democracy leads to high social costs for minority groups, more spending on debt than social infrastructure for those who need it. eroding trust in the system} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{2019 UN report COVID-19 and the Looming Debt Crisis, showed than 1 in 8 countries spend more on debt than social infrastructure like healthcare and education} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{What Democracy has come to mean}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Original Greek interpretation of direct male political suffrage, and further developed by thinkers such as Hobbes, Locke and Rosseau (directly led to French Revolution)} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{French Revolution, democratic despotism of Napoleon when the people favoured authoritarian leaders} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Propaganda, rule of law, violence, counter to freedom of speech} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Reflecting the tendency of illiberal democracy, liberalism originally meant to contain democracy by making sure only the politically educated citizenry should have participation, public rights and institutions, freedom} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Prosperity does not equal freedom, Thomas Mann said we should not teach the classical definition of Democracy} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Liberalism}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Adam Smith classical economic liberalism} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{State should only enforce the economic side, while protecting values and institutions} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Free, fair, contested elections} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Separation of powers and branches of government} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Market economy, rule of law} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Protection of human rights and freedoms} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Limits on the authority of government through constitution} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Illiberal Democracies}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Fareed Zakaria in 1997, where governments are democratically elected but proceed to violate the rule of law, freedom of speech and basic rights and liberties} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Nominal democracy on the rise, only surface level democratic standards, eg North Korea, Russia, Cuba,} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Allows them to hold onto power eg Russia where political opponents and dissidents are openly persecuted} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Specific form of Populism that adheres to the heteronormative and protects the majority and the elite} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Possesses democratic principles on the surface, some might even have democratic institutions, but freedom, rule of law, rights and liberties become secondary or unimportant} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{More of a threat to representative vs nominal democracy} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Eg of Viktor Orban, Hungarian president} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Tension between democracy and freedom, Liberalism as an ideology allows minorities to challenge/interfere in the running of the country, they are not needed} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 4) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Allowing market liberalism to provide welfare for minorities but ok for majority working class, dont need migrants} \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Democracy as Participation}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Rousseau underscored the idea that a good political system allows its citizens the freedom to participate in political life (social contract, political will)} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{People were free only when they were actually voting to choose their leaders or actively discussing proposed legislative changes} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Dahl (1989) defends participatory democracy (Polyarchy and necessary institutions)} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{To replicate in the modern world the virtues of the political system invented in Athens in classical times where the the assembly of all full citizens were encouraged to attend, participate and vote (come together in a republic and discuss)} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Participation is good for both the individual and society, thus we should seek it out} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{To choose the rules and people that govern us, expression of human desire and need for civic equality} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{French revolution as a clear and extreme example of participation and equality} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Fukuyama (1992) and Hegel argue that the radical ideas of the French revolution secularised the need for political equality} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{A need for some formal way to enshrine and institutionalise the concept of equality of the people's will, which does not belong exclusively to religion, as civic equality meant everyone possessed the understanding and desire to congregate and debate issues for the common good} \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Dahl}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{In Dahl's 1961 Who Governs, he analysed the political system of his community, New Haven, he construed it as a reflection of the US, 2 strong parties with a long history and a similar historic progression from the aristocracy to party rule with people of varying economic and ethnic backgrounds} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{A variety of leaders in different fields, social, political, economic, with goals that did not overlap} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{The economic difference prevented equal political participation from all citizens, and led to a questioning of whether any government could be fully democratic, along participatory demo lines, but he still believed it was important to have free market as opposed to full govt control} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 6) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{in 1989 Democracy and its Critics, he noted how fully participatory democracy was only possible in a small community such as Athens, and even then women and slaves could not vote} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Political thinkers came to accept that representation was the only way to sustain democracy in a larger country (elections)} \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Though Dahl appreciated the rise of many democracies in the latter half of the 20th century, from Eastern Europe to South America, he doubted whether any country could meet all of democracy's goals, nonetheless he was impressed that the vision of equal political governance between people} \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 6) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{In 1971 Polyarchy, he described the 'ideal' democracy in the form of necessary institutions, where political power was held by different social organisations and civil groups that were able to work independently} \tn % Row Count 33 (+ 5) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Dahl (cont)}} \tn % Row 7 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Universal suffrage and the right to run for public office • Free and fairly conducted elections for all adults • Availability and observance of the right to free speech and protection to exercise it • The existence of and free access to alternative information (not controlled by government) • The undisputed right to form and to join relatively autonomous organizations—in particular, political parties (and, crucially, parties in opposition) • Responsiveness of government (and parties) to voters • Accountability of government (and parties) to election outcomes and government.} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 12) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}