[Answered] POLI330N-Week 1 Discussion: Determining Democracy (Option 1 & 2)

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

  • Textbook: Chapter 1 ,2, 3
  • Lesson: Read this Week’s Lesson which is located in the Modules tab
  • Initial Post: minimum of 2 scholarly sources (must include your textbook for one of the sources). Follow-Up Post: minimum of 1 scholarly source for your Follow-Up Post.

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) for your Initial Post, and 1 scholarly source for your Follow-Up Post.
  • 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:

Course Outcomes (CO): 1, 2

SOLUTION 

Inequality of income and wealth has been on the rise. Those at the top of the distribution have seen increased income and wealth, while those at the bottom have reduced. Democracy assumes that society should have equal and free individuals. Democracy means that all people have the same standing (Greenberg & Page, 2018). Individuals thus have the same right before the law, have the same right to expression, and maybe the same influence in the government. This means that both the rich and the poor are the same before the government. Procedural equality is necessary for a democratic society as it seeks to secure personal freedom…..please click the purchase button to access the entire discussion at $5