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Drawing from the readings, discuss how dictatorships and democracies differ. How are the citizenship rights of the population (as defined by T.H. Marshall) different under these two kinds of political regimes? How do you think these three rights are aligned in contemporary American society?
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E-Text Chapters 13 & 14
Conley, D. (2021). You May Ask Yourself: An Introduction to Thinking Like a Sociologist (7th ed.). W. W. Norton. https://ccis.vitalsource.com/books/9780393537611
DISCUSSION POST 1
Page 662 of our Textbook describes modern democracy as “a system of government wherein power theoretically lies with the people, and therefore citizens are allowed to vote in elections, speak freely, and participate as legal equals in social life.” and it states that a dictatorship is “a form of government that restricts the right to political participation to a small group or even to a single individual. Such states may limit suffrage, censor information to the public and arrange the brutal “disappearances of Nonsubmissive subordinates.” That explains how they differ and also the citizens rights of the population. The three rights being civil rights, political rights and social rights; civil rights gaurentees a citizen’s personal freedom from interference, politcal rights gaurentee a citizens right to participate in politics and social rights gaurentee’s a citizen’s protection by the state including “protection from the free market in the areas of housing, employment and eduction.”
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You May Ask Yourself: An Introduction to Thinking Like a Sociologist By:Dalton Conley
DISCUSSION POST 2
The key differences between dictatorships and democracy begin with the leadership. In a democracy, one person is in charge, but that person is voted into power and still has to answer to the people. In a dictatorship, there is just one person who has total control over the government and the people. In Democracy, different political parties have differing points of view. While in a dictatorship there is one political party, and outside organization is banned. Also in a democracy, people get to choose how they spend their time, while the opposite is true of a dictatorship where the government controls every aspect of the people’s lives. People don’t have free speech, the right to own their property, or a right to justice. In American Society, we embody Marshal’s three aspects of citizenship in every aspect of our lives. We have the liberty to do, say, and think what we see fit within judicial guidelines. We can believe what we want, and practice faith if we choose. We also have a right as citizens to justice, and to own property. All things that are not possible in a dictatorship. In short, it’s great to live in a democratically ran country.
