We The People: A Preview
Like Mike, who posted earlier, Matt also asked me to post today, since he in incommunicado. So I thought that I would write a bit more about my new bi-weekly column starting in the new year: We The People. Even though I haven’t had the opportunity to actually start writing it yet!
What’s it all about?
The basis of We The People will be democracy - in theory and in practice. I am going to try and look at different democratic and governmental systems and analyse them together and in comparison with each other and in relation to the next section of this post.
The reason why I am going to write this column is because the term “democracy” is bandied about so much, yet every person - and certainly ever country - has a different view of what it is and of what it means.
Democracy: A Definition?
What is democracy? It is a theoretical governmental system that is so hard to define, with as many potential systems as there are stars in the sky. So the first post or set of posts will be dedicated to trying to create a working definition of democracy, of what it is, which we can then apply to existing practical definitions and see how they measure up against an ideal.
Wrapping up
The first edition of this bi-weekly column will be posted in early January, so keep your eyes peeled! Also, if you have any ideas for filling the space left in the weeks between this column, please let us know!
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