What Democracy is . . . and is not

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What Democracy is . . . and is not

A general definition

A system of governance

To work, the ensemble must . . .

The public realm . . .

Citizens

Competition

Elections

Democratic participation

Competitive variety

Majority Rule

Numbers meet intensities

Protecting Minorities

Cooperation

Representatives

Robert Dahl’s procedural minimal conditions for a polyarchy

Dahl, #2

Dahl #3

Schmitter and Karl additions to Dahl’s list

How democracies differ

Democratic structural differences

Democracies are not . . .

 Author: Courtney Brown

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