Democracy minimally requires popular authorization of laws and shared power
Evidence
At a minimum, however, democracy requires that the people authorize their own laws and major political decisions, whether directly or through elected representatives, and also that they share modestly in other, nonlegal powers governing their lives. Anything less means the people do not rule. — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 362
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: True democracy requires that every citizen can potentially govern; Most vaunted democratic goods are not inherent to popular rule — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 405; Participation without control over parameters is not democracy but its evisceration — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 247 (+7 more)
Broader Connections
- Participation without control over parameters is not democracy but its evisceration
#expands(0.85) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 247 - True democracy requires that every citizen can potentially govern
#expands(0.80) - Voting alone does not constitute the full work of democracy
#qualifies(0.78) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 616 - Taking transparency in government is crucial for democracy.
#expands(0.75) — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 17 - Most vaunted democratic goods are not inherent to popular rule
#qualifies(0.72) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 405