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The 2019 theme for democracy day was "inclusion and participation". [15] [5] "This year's International Day of Democracy is an opportunity to recall that democracy is about people. Democracy is built on inclusion, equal treatment and participation—and it is a fundamental building block for peace, sustainable development, and human rights." [16]
Plato famously opposed democracy, arguing for a 'government of the best qualified'; James Madison extensively studied the historic attempts at and arguments on democracy in his preparation for the Constitutional Convention; and Winston Churchill remarked that "No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that ...
The notion that, in a democracy, the greatest concern is that the majority will tyrannise and exploit diverse smaller interests, has been criticised by Mancur Olson in The Logic of Collective Action, who argues instead that narrow and well organised minorities are more likely to assert their interests over those of the majority. Olson argues ...
Public officials often try to keep the public — that means you — in the dark about the things you have the right to know about.
This article is part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, in which news organizations cover how democracy works and the threats it faces.
Editor’s note: This article is part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, in which news organizations cover how democracy works and ...
Democracy Day (Canada), project launched by Fair Vote Canada to "celebrate and reflect upon Canadian democracy" Democracy Day (Cape Verde), an annual public holiday in Cape Verde; Democracy Day (Nigeria), May 29, for the return of democracy in Nigeria in 1999; Democracy Day (United Kingdom), a day of events to mark the 750th anniversary of the ...
Democracy’s greatness lies in the fact it is a hedge against bad things. (Its record in assuring good things is decidedly more mixed and contestable.) The ability to fire people is essential to ...