Democratic System

 Link to the video

Ideas for the debate with Ross: Why is the concept of a democracy in crisis?

Democracy has always been in crisis: democracy is all about practicing the art of bearable dissatisfaction. In democratic societies, people often complain about their leaders and their institutions. The gap between the ideal democracy and the existing one cannot be solved.


When you ask  people to reflect on,  Do you really believe that you can influence politics?” many people in very well-established democracies don’t believe that their voice matters anymore. For example, the latest data for Greece and Italy is that only 15% of Greeks and 18% of Italians believe that their voice really matters.


Paradoxically, part of the problems of democracy is that today almost everybody claims his sympathy for the principle of self-government.

Tasks in your notebook:

What is democracy? 
What is the difference between the direct democracy  and the representative democracy?

Where did the idea of democracy come from?

How did democracy spread in the 20th century?

What is the difference between a democracy and a republic?

Explain the meaning Democracy and Autocracy, compare.

Differences betwen Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches
Some links: Link 1, link 2 , link 3,  link 4,  link 5, link 6

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• 3 Main ideas in this video
• 2  Questions 
• 1 Analogy, summary or conclusion

Democratic system in Spain

La Constitución española de 1978. Proceso de elaboración from Daniel Gómez Valle

Tema 4 la constitucion from ANA GALVAN ROMARATE-ZABALA

With all these  documents, how is the democracy in Spain?

When   did arrive   the democratic system? how?

How is organised this democratic system? Monarchy or Republic? Explain the meaning of the words.

How are the different branches of the state powers in Spain? Explain.

Main ideas in the Spanish Constitution.

Make a brief presentation  with the main ideas and compare both systems (in Spain and EEUU),  to show in the ethics class (work in group, 2-3 people).

Xenophobia

Sometimes,  some types of discriminations are a way of xenophobia. We are  going   to work about this concept. We will look for on the main  english newspapers,   news around the xenophobia in Europe
 

The Daily Telegraph

The Sunday Times

The Guardian

The Times

The Independent

Independent on Sunday

We investigate  news about Xenophobia.
Look for,  if it is possible, the same news.
Are there differences between the  newspapers?

Types of Discrimination

You have to look for information about the discrimination,and choose a type:

• Age
• Disability
• Equal Pay/Compensation
• Genetic Information
  
• National Origin
• Pregnancy
• Race/Color
• Religion
• Retaliation
• Sex
• Sexual Harassment

With these information, you have to make  a speech for us, in 3 minutes.