democratic practices
Voting and deliberation
Democratic practices are the methods and procedures through which groups make collective decisions with input from members.
These include voting, open debate, transparency in governance, and protection of minority rights.
The term appears in discussions of government but extends to any organization: The club adopted democratic practices for electing officers.
Democratic practices emphasize participation and accountability over top-down authority.
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- votingFormally registering a choice
- ballot boxContainer for cast votes
- voter registrationSigning up for elections
- campaigningActively pursuing political support
equality · electoral systems · peaceful transfer · term limits · transparency · checks and balances · freedom of speech · open debate · civic engagement · pluralism · town hall meetings · grassroots organizing · separation of powers · recall elections · majority rule · minority rights · rule of law · due process
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
democratic practicesautocracy
Rule by one
authoritarianism · dictatorship · tyranny · totalitarianism · despotism
democratic practicesrule by decree
centralized control · command structure · diktat · censorship
democratic practicesoppression
Unjust exercise of power
political repression · centralized power · absolute power · coercion · disenfranchisement
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