Overview
1.SOCIO-ECONOMIC INEQUALITY AND DEMOCRACY:
a.According to your text, concerning the situation of the working class in modern democracies, what great challenge has not been met and what are the resulting serious consequences for democracy? (5 points: 1/3 page) (Be sure to reference the text)
b.Explain in detail three types of unequal exchange that have become common under capitalism in contemporary democratic societies. (20 points: 1 ¾ pages)
2.SUPREME COURT/ The ROE v. WADE CONTROVERSY
a.Explain the original meaning of judicial review as understood by Marshall and Hamilton. (5 points – ½ page)
b.Explain Lincoln’s view on the relationship between the Court and popular sovereignty, specifically as to the issues over which the Court has the final word and those over which it does not. (5 points – ¾ page))
c.Explain the constitutional arguments used in Roe concerning (a) privacy and (b) substantive due process. (8 points – 1 page)
d.What substantial criticisms were made against Roe from the beginning in the two areas above. Additionally, summarize Byron White’s dissent from the original decision. (12 points – 1 ½ pages)
3.DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOLOGY:
a.How has democracy changed us in ways that are challenging to the maintenance of democracy? Discuss (a) centralization of power, (b) impacts on employment; (c) the human sense of responsibility for results; (d) impacts on the cultures of human being. (15 points – 2 pages)
b.How does democracy’s undermining of rural communities undermine democracy? (Be sure to have five separate citations from the text, with no two on the same page.) (15 points – 2 pages)
4.DEMOCRACY AND THE FAMILY:
a.What has been the direction of our public policy in the last two generations concerning human sexuality and children? Explain in detail how nonmarital births undermine the family and the broader social order? (15 points – 1 page)
Book name: Simon, Yves R. Philosophy of Democratic Government (notre Dame University Press 1993.) Here is notes will help a lot.