Deliberative democracy

DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY AND MULTICULTURALISM Democracy is one of the most controversial concepts (issues) in social sciences. It means very roughly ‘’sovereignty of people’’. In this frame, democracy emphasizes that power is in the hands of the people. Democracy can be different from society to society (people to people). The root of the word of democracy means ‘’ people’s power (sovereignty)’’. It is originally comes from Greek. ‘’Demos’’ means people, ‘’kratos’’ means power. Democracy is the…

Direct democracy is a system where people decide on and vote on policy initiatives and laws directly, using several instruments like referendum, initiative and recall. Referendum mainly implies that a bill that has been passed in the legislature will be obliged to be set for a popular vote. This essentially means that the public can veto on a bill passed by the legislature. The instrument of Initiative lets members of the public propose/suggest a bill or a constitutional amendment, which will…

There are many differing views about democracy, but “currently, there are three prominent streams within pragmatic political philosophy: Deweyan democratic perfectionism, Rortyan ironism, and pragmatist epistemic deliberativism” (Talise 2014 123) that provide for the conception of liberal democracy and its implementation. Though each of these philosophical explanations offer their own unique conception of democracy along with how to fulfill democracy’s enactment, pragmatist epistemic…

Aristotle disparages democracy, literally as the rule of the people- “Democrats hold that if men are equal by birth, they should have an equal share in office…” (p.102)-as well as, a type of government in which the poor masses have control and use it to serve their own ends. Among forms of majority rule such as democracy, Aristotle prefers the political system that is a constitutional government. Throughout the end of Book III of Aristotle’s Politics, democracy is discussed at length as a…

whether or not it can be justified in a democracy. Advocates for guardianship believe it’s necessary to have a minority of knowledgeable elites rule, in order to protect the interests and common good of society (Dahl 56) (Dahl 55). Anti-guardianship supporters consider guardianship a breach to the inviolable rights and power the people are entitled to in a democracy (Dahl 191). Through the lens of Joshua Cohen (“Procedure and Substance in a Deliberative Democracy”), Jeremy Waldron (“The Core of…

As China experienced in the successful economic achievement by ‘Special Economic Zone’, China started to look at benefits of democracy. In the book, some Chinese thinkers claim that democracy is the essential part of fostering the modern political frame because people should be respected since they have dignity; China seems to follow the Western model that advocates democracy. As a result, China has already taken an experiment on Pingchang city, where elections of the party secretaries are held;…

center on congress at Indiana University, Lee Hamilton, a former member of the United States House of Representatives, states this about government, “no matter how good a policy, if good people aren’t available to carry it out, it will fail.” As democracy puts governmental power into the hands of the people, it is crucial that citizens embody the theory of enlightened self interest where the ideas of common good are above those of the individual. With a mindset that good people are needed to…

this country has the possibility to uphold a legitimate democracy. However, the recent events are raising concern within the population, and the question begins to form is our political system slipping? While Canada has been ranked consistently in the top 10 democracies in the world, we as Canadian citizens still have many unresolved issues that have not been addressed. Throughout this paper the strengths and weakness of Canadian democracy will be discussed. The first issue of discussion will be…

The majority of the United States’ population would describe their nation as a true democracy, but yet the same people from the same population would also argue that their government holds too much power. It is in the nature of man to want to be in complete control of his land and his way of life, but yet he doesn’t want to have to defend it on a daily basis. This universal enigma is why we have established systems of government. The key to this dilemma is to try to achieve a balance of power…

an interesting and unique break from traditional democratic theory. It appeals to the ideal of plebiscitary democracy and acknowledges the reality of everyday citizens’ participation, or lack thereof. Green boldly steps away from the traditional Athenian concept of democracy on a mass scale that dominates modern democratic theory. He calls to attention the challenges of said model of democracy and gives the reality of modern citizenship. In doing so, he writes about a less active version of…