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define. |
Modern political democracy is a system of governance in which rulers are held accountable for their actions in the public realm by citizens, acting indirectly through the competition and cooperation of their elected representative SCHMITTER and CARL all citizens are active direct participants in policy decisions DANZINGER |
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uses? |
to tame power in a state, move it into the hands of the ruled. |
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Criticism of rep. democracy |
representatives have too much power 1, not accountable rich people have too much power 2, too easy to capture power |
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problem of participatory (direct) democracy |
people are uneducated in political matters, how can they make informed decisions? people do not have enough time for politics in the modern world. MILL |
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responses |
but encouraging them to participate is surely the best way of encouraging political interest? you do not have to vote on every matter, just the important ones. |
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Representative versus direct. |
Participatory democrats argue that in order to get the state to act in our interests, we have to become the state, which takes real effort Representative democrats argue that in order to get the state to act in our interests, we merely need the state to be accountable to us |
