Subject background info: This unit investigates the nature of democracy from a variety of theoretical, historical and global perspectives. Starting with an exploration of the state of democracy in contemporary Australia, the unit examines democratic configurations from ancient Athens through to twenty-first century examples in the United States and even China. It explores key conceptions of democracy, including participatory democracy, representative democracy, deliberative democracy, agonistic democracy, cosmopolitan democracy, and nonhuman democracy. Through this, the unit will enable students to embrace their roles as citizens in a world where democracy is increasingly seen as “the only game in town the goal of the task is to demonstrate a good understanding of the main themes and theories of the unit. To answer the debate topic of “Should Australia give guaranteed representation to Aboriginal people within its democratic institutions (reserved seats mechanisms)?” ”Your side is FOR the debate question. -FINAL write up should be written in a powerpoint presentation manner -debate must emphasis on the unit material I.e make references to Plato & Aristotle thought on democracy and how they would be relevant to the debat topic, Make references to other democratic theories explored in the unit I.e liberalism (negative liberty , positive liberty) -include introduction & than your arguments in dot points and elaborate on them we will be uploading unit material to help you get a picture of what the subject is about and some relevant articles to use as references

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