Elements of Democratic Decision Making
A system where citizens participate in making political decisions.
What is democracy?
Everyone in this decision making model can cast ballet, with the majority making final decisions.
What does Democracy mean?
An organization that makes and enforces laws for a society.
What is government?
Section that is responsible for freedom of people, such as freedom in religion, belief, opinion, peaceful assembly and association.
What is section 2: Fundamental Freedoms?
This document, signed in 1215, said that even the king must follow the law.
What is the Magna Carta?
The idea that all citizens should have equal opportunities to influence decisions.
What is political equality?
The decision making model with one lead that makes decisions alone, mainly based only on their own beliefs and morals.
What is the Autocratic Decision Making Model stands for?
Governments create these to maintain order and protect citizens.
What are laws?
This section allows Canadians to work in any province, but still requires meeting specific provincial standards for certain jobs like teaching or law.
What is Section 6: Mobility Rights?
In 1994, this country established democracy after ending a system that denied Black citizens the right to vote.
What changed in South Africa with the establishment of democracy?
The protection of individual rights even when the majority disagrees.
What is minority rights?
This decision making model can be described with the quote from First Knight: “I am the law”.
With what quote can the Autocratic decision making model be described?
A key role of government is to provide this, ensuring safety and stability.
What is security?
These sections ensure elections happen regularly and that governments cannot stay in power for more than five years without one.
What are Sections 3–5: Democratic Rights?
This ancient city is known as the birthplace of democracy, where citizens could vote in assemblies.
What is Athens?
The ability of citizens to freely express opinions without fear of punishment.
What is freedom of expression?
The downside of this decision making model is that not everyone is fully satisfied with the outcome, but happy to some extent.
What is the downside of the Consensus/Collaborative decision making model?
Services like education and healthcare provided by the government.
What are public services?
This group of sections includes rights such as protection from unreasonable search, the right to a lawyer, and the right to be presumed innocent.
What are Sections 7–14: Legal Rights?
This 1948 declaration defined basic rights that all people should have, issued by an international organization.
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
A principle that ensures fairness by applying laws equally to all citizens.
What is rule of law?
This decision making model best works with small groups of people that are respectful of each other.
When does the Collaborative/Consensus decision making model work best?
The responsibility of settling disputes and ensuring fairness in society.
What is maintaining justice?
This section is controversial because it lets governments pass laws that go against certain Charter rights, but only temporarily and with explicit declaration.
What is Section 33: Notwithstanding Clause?
Name the historical event (1789–1794) that ended absolute monarchy in France and introduced the ideas of liberty, equality, and fraternity.
What was the French Revolution?