Is Democracy the Rule of Majority Chosen in Elections? Cover Image

Czy demokracja to rządy większości wyłonionej w wyborach?
Is Democracy the Rule of Majority Chosen in Elections?

Author(s): Wojciech Ciszewski
Subject(s): Philosophy, Government/Political systems
Published by: Ośrodek Badań Filozoficznych
Keywords: democracy; majoritarian democracy; rights; freedom; Schumpeter

Summary/Abstract: The paper critically examines the conception of majoritarian democracy. In the second part of the text, the author introduces the definition of majoritarian democracy based on the Joseph Schumpeter’s theory of minimal democracy. The thesis of the paper is that electing the government by universal suffrage is neither necessary nor sufficient as a condition for a democratic regime. The concept of democracy is broader, including the catalogue of democratic values connected with the concept of democratic citizenship, special circumstances of political action and the limitation of government powers.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 163-177
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish