democratic control
Rule by citizens
Democratic control is the principle that power over an institution—typically government or military—rests with elected civilians or the general public rather than with unaccountable officials.
The constitution established democratic control over the armed forces.
The concept often surfaces in debates about oversight: who gets to direct policy, and who answers to whom.
Without democratic control, intelligence agencies operate in the shadows.
- electoral systemsRules governing elections
- free electionsUncoerced public choosing of representatives
- worker cooperativesCollectively owned democratic businesses
- representationDepiction or likeness
- voteFormal choice expression
suffrage · transparency · voice · recall elections · accountability · oversight · egalitarianism · credit unions · housing cooperatives · voting rights · empowerment · human rights · grassroots movements · ballot · decentralization · voting · town hall · open meetings
- farm co-opsdairy co-op, member services, annual meeting, board meetings, grain elevator
- co-opsco-ops, credit union, food co-op, grocery co-op, food co-ops
- cooperativesco-op, credit union, worker co-op, housing co-op, co-ops
democratic controlautocracy
Rule by one
dictatorship · authoritarian rule · tyranny · despotism · totalitarianism