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Who Decides What Is Democratic?
- Journal of Democracy
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 35, Number 3, July 2024
- pp. 5-16
- 10.1353/jod.2024.a930423
- Article
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Abstract:
What is "democratic" depends on the values one attaches to democracy. The distinction that determines the answer is between minimalist and maximalist conceptions of democracy. Defending democracy requires a positive, forward-looking program of reform.