Author Question: What are the three fundamental benchmarks of a healthy representative democracy? Provide a ... (Read 157 times)

renzo156 · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

What are the three fundamental benchmarks of a healthy representative democracy? Provide a supporting element of each benchmark.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

When social scientists study population characteristics they are engaged in __________.

a. cultural studies
b. demography
c. geography
d. nativism

heyhey123 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 10, 2018

Answer to Question 1

An ideal response will:
1, Identify popular sovereignty, whereby the people are the ultimate source of government's authority. This involves leaders being elected in competitive elections that are free and fair, people participating in the political process, availability of high-quality information, majority rule, policies that reflect the will of the people, and effective government policies.
2, Explainpolitical equality, which might include examples such as the Fourteenth Amendment and civil rights.
3, Describe political liberty, which involves basic freedoms such as free speech, association, and conscience that are necessary for the formation and expression of majority opinion, and how this affects public policies.

Answer to Question 2

b