(SOLUTION) POLI330N Week 1 Discussion: Determining Democracy

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

  • Textbook: Chapter 1 ,2, 3
  • Lesson
  • Minimum of 1 scholarly source (can include your textbook)

Initial Post Instructions

For the initial post, respond to one of the following options, and label the beginning of your post indicating either Option 1 or Option 2:

  • Option 1: Does democracy require equality of income or wealth? Discuss why democracy might make a country more or less egalitarian?
  • Option 2: Political scientist Larry Sabato has proposed a new constitutional convention (Links to an external site.). Select any one of his proposed ideas and write a short list of pros and cons for this idea and support your reasoning.

Be sure to make connections between your ideas and conclusions and the research, concepts, terms, and theory we are discussing this week.

Follow-Up Post Instructions

Respond to at least one peer. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification. Minimum of 1 scholarly source which can include your textbook or assigned readings or may be from your additional scholarly research.

Writing Requirements

  • Minimum of 2 posts (1 initial & 1 follow-up)
  • Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons and an outside source)
  • APA format for in-text citations and list of references

Grading

This activity will be graded using the Discussion Grading Rubric. Please review the following link:

SOLUTION

YES because income inequality undermines democracy. Democracy refers to a government type whereby the public is given the power and authority to select their preferred governing leaders through a free and fair election process (Nwogu, 2015). As such, democracy revolves around encouraging the public to have active participation in civic life as well as the country’s politics. In addition, it is concerned with promoting the citizens’ human rights and is founded on a rule of law whereby the rules and laws of the country apply equally to each and every citizen of the United States (Greenberg and Page, 2018).

Furthermore, Yi and Woo (2014) mention that democracy is founded on the egalitarianism philosophy, which signifies that all citizens of a country are equal to one another, and have equal rights with regards to gender, political beliefs, economic status, and religion. In this context, it can be argued that democracy requires equality of income or wealth (Sanyal, 2012).Please click the purchase button to access the entire copy at $5