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Defining Democracy Let’s look at a more formal definition of democracy 2 and work through its three central elements. Democracy is a political system in which 1. all adults are empowered as citizens and have the ability to hold officials accountable for their actions, typically through free, fair, and frequent elections. In those electoral
1 How is democracy linked with constitutionalism and liberalism? 2 Why are freedom of belief, conscience, and expression essential to democracy? 3 What is the difference between democracy and a dictatorship of the majority? 4 Can you think of ways that democracy can protect the rights of minorities?
Democracy is a universally recognised ideal as well as a goal, which is based on common values shared by peoples through out the world community irrespective of cultural, political, social
single study and ˜nd out what democracy can—and cannot—bring. Until recently, most scholars and policy makers have assumed the value of democracy, emphasizing, for example, the positive effects of democracy. This optimistic majority also likes to draw attention to the fact that democracy has triumphed worldwide, presenting these global
This chapter builds on a simple definition of democracy. Step by step, we work out the meaning of the terms involved in this definition. The aim here is to understand clearly the bare minimum features of a democratic form of government.
Social scientists have adopted a number of strategies to measure democracy for empirical analysis, including categorical measures, ordinal scale measures, objective measures, hybrid measures of democratic practices, and perceptions of democracy based on mass public opinion surveys.
