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Lecture 3. Development and the Quality of Democracy

Larry Diamond

Internet Research Materials:

 

Questions for Seminar Discussions:

  • Did your understanding of democracy change after watching this lecture and reading the assigned articles? How did it change? What, do you think, had formed your previous definition and what new ideas from this class made it change? Are you surprised by that change? Do you agree with the definition proposed by Prof. Diamond?

 

Key terms:

Development

The Rule of Law

Good vs. Bad Governance

Milennium Development Goals

Infant Mortality Rate

Gross National Income (GNI)

Development Indicators

Corruption

Vertical Accountability

Equality (Socioeconomic)

Quality of Life

Quality of Democracy

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

Human Development Report

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Poverty Rates

Education Levels

Responsiveness

Horizontal Accountability

Types of Freedom

 

 
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