Political participation

The Paradox of Democracy: Goldilocks and the Happy Medium

The Paradox of Democracy: Goldilocks and the Happy Medium

Should the people be the greatest arbiters of political decision-making? Here I discuss the inherent paradox of both direct and representative democracy. How the rise of folk politics impairs the processes of the former and threatens to alienate the electorate from the political decision-making process in the latter.

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