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When an institution falls short of upholding the people's power in and over itself
A democratic deficit (or democracy deficit) occurs when ostensibly-democratic organizations or institutions (particularly governments) fall short of fulfilling
Democratic_deficit
has a democratic deficit or how it should be remedied if it exists. Some scholars argue that the EU does not suffer from a democratic deficit as it is
Democratic legitimacy of the European Union
Democratic_legitimacy_of_the_European_Union
Government system where political power lies with the people
include democratic decline, de-democratization, democratic erosion, democratic decay, democratic recession, democratic regression, and democratic deconsolidation
Democracy
Multinational political union with a central authority
creating the European Coal and Steel Community and the beginning of the democratic re-organisation of Europe. It defines the relationship between the High
Supranational_union
Drift towards authoritarianism
Democratic backsliding is a form of autocratization, a process of structural government transition toward authoritarianism in which the exercise of political
Democratic_backsliding
Conspiracy theory regarding a totalitarian world government
two World Wars, but argued that these initiatives suffered from a democratic deficit and were therefore inadequate not only to prevent another world war
New World Order conspiracy theory
New_World_Order_conspiracy_theory
Critiques of democratic political systems
Some aspects of lobbying have been criticized for contributing to a democratic deficit. Democracies are not immune to corruption. Whilst countries with high
Criticism_of_democracy
Referendum held in Scotland
Scottish government and pro-independence campaigners said there was a democratic deficit in Scotland because the UK was a unitary state without a codified
2014 Scottish independence referendum
2014_Scottish_independence_referendum
Supranational central bank in Europe
to deal with criticisms of a democratic deficit. For the German economist German Issing (2001) the ECB as a democratic responsibility and should be more
European_Central_Bank
Political party in the Czech Republic
while it is a pro-European party, it aims to address the perceived democratic deficit in the European Union by decentralization and subsidiarity. The party
Czech_Pirate_Party
Political theory
circle between the common criticism that the EU is undemocratic (the democratic deficit thesis) and the claim that there is no European demos (the no demos
Demoicracy
One-government dominance of a parliament
deal with the democratic deficit inherent in the British system of governance. Authoritarian playbook Democratic centralism Democratic deficit Elective monarchy
Elective_dictatorship
UK non-departmental public body funded by farmers and growers
industry petitioners as a "democratic deficit," leading to accusations that sector leadership was attempting to undermine a democratic mandate in order to protect
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
Agriculture_and_Horticulture_Development_Board
Political movement for Scotland leaving the UK
with no additional cost to viewers and listeners. The concept of a democratic deficit is the most frequently invoked argument in favour of independence
Scottish_independence
Overview of democracy measures
core democratic institutions, freedom of expression, the competitiveness and inclusiveness of polyarchy, governance quality, adherence to democratic norms
Democracy_indices
Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002, 2010–2026)
Kelemen, R. Daniel (2017). "Europe's Other Democratic Deficit: National Authoritarianism in Europe's Democratic Union". Government and Opposition. 52 (2):
Viktor_Orbán
Getting Organized to Bargain Addressing the 'Freedom Deficit' in the Arab World[permanent dead link], Council on Foreign Relations Democratic deficit
Freedom_deficit
Process to form a cabinet in the Netherlands
divided into three categories: lack of dualism[disambiguation needed], democratic deficit and the rules of the game. Since 1946, cabinet formations have become
Dutch_cabinet_formation
System of governance
An illiberal democracy is a non-democratic governing system that "hides its practices behind formally democratic institutions and procedures". While there
Illiberal_democracy
Form of government
Index Democratic backsliding Democratic capitalism Democratic centralism Democratic confederalism Democratic consolidation Democratic deficit Democratic peace
Consensus_democracy
Theory of the state
acquiring political awareness is so great that no citizen can afford it. Democratic deficit Elite analysis Elitism Iron law of oligarchy Mass society Positive
Elite_theory
Form of democracy
documented incidents involving participation deficits or mobocracy.[citation needed] From the liberal democratic standpoint, restraining popular influence
Direct_democracy
German far-right politician (born 1979)
government takeover: if an attempt by the AfD to resolve the EU's "democratic deficit" were unsuccessful, Germany's exit from the EU would be put to a vote
Alice_Weidel
United States economy by president since World War II
fallen on average under Democratic presidents. Budget deficits relative to the size of the economy were lower on average for Democratic presidents. Ten of
U.S. economic performance by presidential party
U.S._economic_performance_by_presidential_party
Political party in Luxembourg
members. In its criticism of the EU, the party puts emphasis on the democratic deficit and transparency. However, in heavily pro-European Luxembourg, the
Alternative Democratic Reform Party
Alternative_Democratic_Reform_Party
International relations theory
Proponents of democratic peace theory argue that both electoral and republican forms of democracy are hesitant to engage in armed conflict with other identified
Democratic_peace_theory
Form of government
governmental system; and a common, civil, or customary legal system. Liberal-democratic regimes are contrasted with illiberal democracies, hybrid regimes, autocracies
Liberal_democracy
Head of government of Canada
of Toronto Press. p. 362. ISBN 978-0-8020-8252-7. "Time to address democratic deficit". Toronto Star. January 27, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2010. Zamon
Prime_Minister_of_Canada
British politician and activist (1925–2014)
opposition to the European Commission and highlighted an alleged democratic deficit in the institution, saying: "Some people genuinely believe that we
Tony_Benn
promotion Democratic Peace Theory Democratization Direct Action and Democracy Today Empowered democracy Foucault/Habermas debate Freedom deficit Liberal
Types_of_democracy
British advocacy group for electoral reform
make the European Union more accountable and argued that there was a democratic deficit. These included: better scrutiny of EU legislation by the British
Electoral_Reform_Society
Italian scholar of political science (born 1932)
well as theories of delegation and their effect on the perceived democratic deficit of the EU. He was an Emeritus Professor of Public Policy at the European
Giandomenico_Majone
Singaporean academic, diplomat and geopolitical consultant
Bank. "Another irony is that the world's most democratic countries are responsible for the democratic deficit that harms the most important international
Kishore_Mahbubani
Model of democracy
philosophy. Joining political parties allows citizens to participate in democratic systems, but is not considered participatory democracy. Participatory
Participatory_democracy
class, and region" across African states were a key impediment to the democratic management of a state's affairs, which has since been overcome to an extent
Democracy_in_Africa
Professor of politics
analysis and advising, currently focusing on EU–US burden-sharing, the democratic deficit in Europe, transatlantic relations, the future of the European Union
Andrew_Moravcsik
Greek economist and politician (born 1961)
democratise it: "My message is simple yet rich: those of us who disdain the democratic deficit in Brussels, those of us who detest the authoritarianism of a technocracy
Yanis_Varoufakis
Collective perception of a group of people
Index Democratic backsliding Democratic capitalism Democratic centralism Democratic confederalism Democratic consolidation Democratic deficit Democratic peace
Wisdom_of_the_crowd
[page needed] The extent to which these 18th-century democratic revivalists succeeded in turning the democratic ideals of the ancient Greeks into the dominant
History_of_democracy
Type of democracy that advocates the radical extension of equality and liberty
democracy in their book Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical Democratic Politics, written in 1985. They argue that social movements which attempt
Radical_democracy
Specific phase in a political system
democratic transition describes a phase in a country's political system as a result of an ongoing change from an authoritarian regime to a democratic
Democratic_transition
Major surges of democracy in history
introduce sweeping domestic reforms. Scholars debate the precise number of democratic waves. Huntington describes three waves: the first "slow" wave of the
Waves_of_democracy
Devolved government of Wales
electoral mandate, and over the ensuing years there were complaints of a "democratic deficit". For eleven years prior to 1997 Wales had been represented in the
Welsh_Government
Dalia Research Group and the Alliance of Democracies, analyzes the "democratic deficit" (which it defines as the gap between people's expectations of democracy
Democracy_in_China
Direct democratic institution
address, what participants feel are, the effects of a democratic deficit in representative democratic systems. Sometimes assemblies are created to form an
Popular_assembly
Type of election
political accountability and responsiveness compared to direct elections. Democratic deficit Double direct election List of democracy and elections-related topics
Indirect_election
Canadian flag-carrier airline (1937–1965)
Retrieved: 18 July 2012. Caccia, Charles (May 2004). "Democratic Deficit? What Democratic Deficit?" (PDF). Institute for Research on Public Policy (in
Trans-Canada_Air_Lines
Type of democracy principled on elected representation
senatorial aristocracy, and the third estate being identified with the democratic element. In Britain, representative government grew in the late thirteenth
Representative_democracy
Political and economic system
Democratic capitalism, also referred to as market democracy, is a political and economic system that integrates resource allocation by marginal productivity
Democratic_capitalism
UK constitutional anomaly
2023, to counter what they described as over-centralisation and a democratic deficit in England, the Institute for Government and the University of Cambridge's
West_Lothian_question
Christian socioeconomic model
Christian democratic parties in Australia include the Democratic Labor Party and, arguably, the disbanded Christian Democratic Party. The Democratic Labor
Christian_democracy
Democracy spoiled by demagoguery and the rule of passion over reason
emergence of ochlocracy in democratic societies with the decadence of democracy in neo-liberal Western societies, in which "the democratic role of the people
Mob_rule
Form of government ruled by experts
Eduardo (2020). "Technocracy in Latin America: Between Stability and Democratic Deficit". In Bertsou, Eri; Caramani, Daniele (eds.). The Technocratic Challenge
Technocracy
Chinese Communist Party concept
"after going through procedures and democratic deliberations to ensure that decision-making is sound and democratic." The term "whole process democracy"
Whole-process people's democracy
Whole-process_people's_democracy
Political spectrum and theory
revolt of the distrustful? Political trust, political protest and the democratic deficit". Journal of European Public Policy. 0: 1–29. doi:10.1080/13501763
Libertarian_authoritarianism
U.S. federal government debt (united states national debt)
government produces either a "national deficit" or "national surplus". If public spending exceeds revenue, the deficit is financed by borrowing money and
National debt of the United States
National_debt_of_the_United_States
British not-for-profit national organisation
established in 1996, which addresses the Black British and ethnic minority democratic deficit. OBV uses voter registration campaigns in minority ethnic communities
Operation_Black_Vote
problems for democracy, also one of the root causes of the American democratic deficit lies in the United States Constitution itself, for example there is
Elections in the United States
Elections_in_the_United_States
Democratic governments acting as autocracies
also called directed democracy and managed democracy, is a formally democratic government that functions as a de facto authoritarian government or, in
Guided_democracy
Citizen's initiative for pan-Europeanism
publicly in favour of a pan-European identity". As Europe is facing democratic deficits, as well as the growing popularity of right-wing populist and nationalist
Pulse_of_Europe
Political union of partially self-governing territories under a national government
October 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012. Due to this structural democratic deficit, which cannot be resolved in an association of sovereign national
Federation
International movement opposed to the concept of gender identity
approved by voters or their elected representatives, they generate a democratic deficit. She notes that "gender equality policies have been implemented without
Anti-gender_movement
Centre-left political party in Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Lars
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany
Community in the United Kingdom
154. ISBN 978-0-7546-4389-0. Østergaard-Nielsen, Eva (2003). "The democratic deficit of diaspora politics: Turkish Cypriots in Britain and the Cyprus issue"
British_Cypriots
President of Ireland since 2025
fooled". Connolly also stated during the speech that there is a "democratic deficit that is an integral part of the EU" and she felt that "dissent is
Catherine_Connolly
European Union. This ambiguity is what critics call a primary cause of "democratic deficit." The EU itself is a legal personality and a set of governing institutions
Politics of the European Union
Politics_of_the_European_Union
majorities" or consensus of the council are required to legislate. This "democratic deficit" has encouraged numerous proposals for reform, and is usually perceived
Law_of_the_European_Union
Measure of the state of democracy according to The Economist
quantitative and comparative assessment is centrally concerned with democratic rights and democratic institutions. The methodology for assessing democracy used
The_Economist_Democracy_Index
elections is therefore critical, as it is one element that weakens the democratic legitimacy of the European Parliament. While the gender-equal turnout
Voter turnout in the European Parliament elections
Voter_turnout_in_the_European_Parliament_elections
Desert in the former lake bed of the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
2022. Pandey, Anish Chandra; Jha, Niraj K (2007). "Central Asia: Democratic deficit and challenges of sustainable development". Journal of Environmental
Aralkum_Desert
Activities associated with group decisions
free population; in Athens these rights were combined with a directly democratic form of government that was to have a long afterlife in political thought
Politics
Principal instrument of London-wide government from 1855 until 1889
but not to a particular ministry to supervise its accounts. This democratic deficit vexed critics and rate-paying Londoners, especially after its budget
Metropolitan_Board_of_Works
Type of democratic government
the Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties. The Era of Good Feelings, when the Federalist party collapsed (leaving the Democratic-Republican party
Non-partisan_democracy
Government regime in ancient Athens
the democratic city-states in ancient Greece, it was not the only one, nor was it the first; multiple other city-states adopted similar democratic constitutions
Athenian_democracy
Statutory administrative body for educational institutions within a territorial limit
Kogan, Vladimir; Lavertu, Stéphane; Peskowitz, Zachary (2021). "The Democratic Deficit in U.S. Education Governance". American Political Science Review.
School_district
Type of political system
to subtilize the distinctions between totalitarian, authoritarian, and democratic political systems. It is based on the concept of embedded democracy. While
Defective_democracy
Democracy with more than one system of power
by F Bealey, 1999 Kazemzadeh, Hamed (January 2020). "Hamed Kazemzadeh: Democratic platform in Social Pluralism". Internal Journal of ACPCS (10). "The Political
Pluralist_democracy
Economics book
Presuppositions of Harvey Road Keynesian Economics in Democratic Politics Money-Financed Deficits and Political Democracy Institutional Constraints and
Democracy_in_Deficit
Selection of the Democratic Party nominee
primaries and caucuses were organized by the Democratic Party to select the 4,051 delegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention held July 25–28 and
2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
2016_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries
Capacity of a country to withstand or recover from democratic backsliding
Democratic resilience is the capacity of a country to withstand or recover from democratic backsliding. Political scientists distinguish "onset resilience"
Democratic_resilience
President of Liberland (born 1983)
anarcho-capitalist. Jedlička is an Eurosceptic who alleges there is a democratic deficit in the institution of the European Union (EU) and abuses of basic
Vít_Jedlička
State operating with formal but co-opted democratic systems
moment". Democracy: The God That Failed—2001 book by Hans-Hermann Hoppe Democratic deficit – When an institution falls short of upholding the people's power
Post-democracy
American economist (born 1941)
S. Industry (The United States Department of Defense, 1990) The “Democratic Deficit” in U.S. Trade Policy: Future Visions for U.S. Trade Policy (Bruce
Pat_Choate
Political party in England and Wales
union continuing to operate as it has in the past. There is a huge democratic deficit in its functioning, a serious bias towards the interests of neoliberalism
Green Party of England and Wales
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
Political scientist
Norris. 2011. Democratic Deficit: Critical Citizens Revisited. New York: Cambridge University Press. Pippa Norris. 2012. Making Democratic Governance Work:
Pippa_Norris
debate around the EU's democratic deficit considered the lack of European public sphere as one of the reasons behind this deficit. A fully-fledged European
European_public_sphere
2007 treaty amending the constitutional basis of the European Union
Reform Treaty, pursued the centralizing course that had caused the democratic deficit in the first place. Additional competencies are transferred to the
Treaty_of_Lisbon
Form of government
ISBN 9783319235004. OCLC 948558369. Unfortunately, one of the worst democratic structures is the most ubiquitous: majority rule based on majority voting
Majoritarian_democracy
Main European Union fiscal agreement
widespread criticism concerns the high democratic deficit embedded by the SGP. National policymakers are elected democratically backed up at national level, whereas
Stability_and_Growth_Pact
2025 protest movement in France
proposed measures to reduce public spending. Moreover, the perceived democratic deficits of the Macron presidency were an important factor, as François Bayrou
Bloquons_tout
Sovereign state
administrative reconciliation procedure. This was often deemed a democratic deficit of the Kingdom, leading to the adoption of an amendment to the Charter
Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands
Head of the European Commission
2004. Retrieved 30 January 2008. "The EP elections: Deepening the democratic deficit". Euractiv. 16 June 2004. Archived from the original on 18 October
President of the European Commission
President_of_the_European_Commission
Political party in Turkey
from the Republican People's Party (CHP). The party highlights the democratic deficit and the lack of inner-party democracy as key areas of concern. The
Electronic_Democracy_Party
Type of governing system centering voting
democracy, with its centering of electoral processes as the basis of democratic legitimacy, is often contrasted with substantive or participatory democracy
Procedural_democracy
Switzerland, Vienna University of Economics and Business Metropolitan governance and the "democratic deficit", Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
List of metropolitan areas in Switzerland
List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Switzerland
Collective action supporting a cause
under authoritarian regimes. Australasian, European, and North American democratic states have all experienced increased surveillance of protest movements
Political_demonstration
Country in Southern Africa
Mogalakwe, Monageng; Nyamnjoh, Francis (2 January 2017). "Botswana at 50: democratic deficit, elite corruption and poverty in the midst of plenty". Journal of
Botswana
When everyone has equal political power or influence
Index Democratic backsliding Democratic capitalism Democratic centralism Democratic confederalism Democratic consolidation Democratic deficit Democratic peace
Political_egalitarianism
openness and democratic popular representation. Some regimes, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) have tried to address this "democratic deficit" by establishing
International_regime
Right-wing and nationalist political party in Poland
pro-federalist ethos of the European Parliament and address the perceived democratic deficit existing at a European level. Law and Justice has frequently expressed
Law_and_Justice
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for the buyer of provisions for a large household, from a reduced form of Anglo-Norman French acatour (Late Latin acceptator, an agent derivative of acceptare ‘to accept’). Modern English caterer results from the addition of a second agent suffix to the word.Slovenian (ÄŒater) : status name for a person who read out the Slovenian ceremonial text at the installation of the Carantanian rulers and, later, Carinthian dukes, derived from the dialect verb Äatiti ‘to read’. Carantania was the early medieval Slovenian state on the territory of present-day Carinthia and Styria, now divided between Austria and Slovenia. The people’s installation of the Carantanian rulers was an exceptional example of democratic elections in medieval Europe. Thomas Jefferson knew about it and was influenced by it in his thinking about American Independence.Perhaps also an Americanized spelling of German Köter (see Koetter).
DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT
DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : nickname for an old man, or for the elder of two bearers of the same personal name, from Anglo-Norman French viel ‘old’ (Old French vieil).English (of Norman origin) : metonymic occupational name for a calf-herd or nickname for a docile, calf-like person, from Anglo-Norman French ve(e)l ‘calf’ (Old French veel).
Male
Polish
Polish form of Roman Latin Julius, JULIUSZ means "descended from Jupiter (Jove)."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Yagavi | யாகவீ/யஹாவீÂ
Bright
Boy/Male
Indian
Valley
Girl/Female
British, English, Greek
A God
Male
Hebrew
(רְחַבְעָ×) Hebrew name RECHABAM means "who enlarges the people." In the bible, this is the name of the son and successor of Solomon, who governed the kingdom of Judah.
Boy/Male
Hungarian
Fire.
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Bridge by the Tree
Girl/Female
Indian
Witness; Proof
Girl/Female
Muslim
One we take care of
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n.
The principles or spirit of a democracy.
n.
One of the political party in the United States from about 1829 to 1856, opposed in politics to the Democratic party.
n.
One who is an adherent or advocate of democracy, or government by the people.
a.
Belonging to, or constituted by, timocracy.
n.
A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic party.
a.
Relating to a political party so called.
a.
Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.
v. t.
To render democratic.
n.
A member of the Democratic party.
n.
A democrat.
n.
Democracy.
a.
Befitting the common people; -- opposed to aristocratic.
n.
A short-lived political club established in 1659 by J.Harrington to inculcate the democratic doctrine of election of the principal officers of the state by ballot, and the annual retirement of a portion of Parliament.
n.
Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic government; democracy.
n.
The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called.
a.
Democratic.
a.
Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in political or religious philosophy; independent in opinion; not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the constitution or administration of government; having tendency toward democratic or republican, as distinguished from monarchical or aristocratic, forms; as, liberal thinkers; liberal Christians; the Liberal party.
n.
Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progress in general; a fogy.
a.
Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest.
adv.
In a democratic manner.