Democratic Society

A Democratic Society is a civil society in which society members have civil (peaceful) mechanisms to participate in the decision-making processes of every government institution.

• Context:
  • It can range from being a Direct Democracy to being a Representational Democracy.
  • It can (typically) involve Voting.
  • …
• Example(s):
  • a Democratic Planet.
  • a Democratic Nation.
  • a Democratic City.
  • a Democratic Family.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Despotic Society.
  • a Totalitarian Society.
• See: Just Society, Democratic Government.

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References

2012

• http://dwatch.ca/democracy.html
  • QUOTE: A democracy is a society in which all adults have easily accessible, meaningful, and effective ways:
    • to participate in the decision-making processes of every organization that makes decisions or takes actions that affect them, and;
    • to hold other individuals, and those in these organizations who are responsible for making decisions and taking actions, fully accountable if their decisions or actions violate fundamental human rights, or are dishonest, unethical, unfair, secretive, inefficient, unrepresentative, unresponsive or irresponsible;

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