WEEK 14

This week we studied theories of democracy and many other things. There is democratic elitism which to me fits very well with what we are looking for in our homework. There is also power elite which according to C. Wright Mill have to do with the way power is being distributed in America. This could also play a role because even though it is not very evident, power is truly distributed differently. There are those people who are found at the top and if you do not know anybody in the company, you will never find yourself at that topmost level. Also, is the pluralist theory which has to do with the balancing situations so that everybody should at least benefit.

Going back to democratic elitism according to Weber, since it will be very cumbersome for a country to depend on everybody’s share of solution to a problem, they decided to elect one person like the president who will be like the mouth piece for everybody. This is because with a big society like America, it will be very difficult for such a system to function. That can only work well with small organizations where everybody will come together to brainstorm their problems and came up with solutions.

In this country, everybody elect the president and because he is a president, he cannot just sit and pass out laws. He uses the congress which is also made up of the house and the senate. If the senate agrees on something and the house is not okay with it, the senate will ask the house to come up with their proposals and if everybody is fine with it, the president will then pass it in to law. If the president is not okay with that idea, he will veto it and then, the judicial branch will came in to see if the idea is lawful. With all these checks and balances, put in place, one can understand that even though it is the president who finally passes a law, they make sure that everybody gets involved. That is why it is considered a true representation and not a popular democracy.

We are using the theory of democratic elitism because at the end of the day, it is the place of the president to pass the law and he has all the rights to veto it if he is not okay with the final decision from the house and the senate.