Post-democracy
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The term Post-democracy designate a State conducted by democratic rules, but whose application is progressively limited. The English conservative journalist Peter Oborne presented a documentary of the 2005 general election, arguing that it had become anti-democratic because it targeted a number of floating voters with a narrow agenda.
[edit] Definition Tentative
This term appeared to define a running evolution within the democracies during the 21st century.
It is a polemic term because it calls attention on recognised democracies that are losing some of their foundations do evolve toward an Aristocratic regime.
A Post-democracy may be characterised with:
- non representative elections
- citizen rights are not respected by the state, or its representatives
- or, impossibility to get balanced debates
[edit] Examples
(to finish)
- excluded populations
- special laws
- debates quality
[edit] External links
- (English) On Coping with "Post Democracy"
- (English) What is Post-Democracy?
- (Spanish) La postdemocracia
- (French) Postdémocratie
- (French) Qui veut de la post-démocratie ?
