What is Democracy?

Authors

  • Dulce Natalia Lugo Jiménez Universidad Veracruzana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7007894

Keywords:

Democracy, Power, Elected Polyarchy, Selective Polyarchy, Autocracy

Abstract

The word democracy is an extended term in the different areas of daily life, however, defining and understanding it is not a simple task. The descriptive or realistic definition indicates that it is a chosen policy, while the idealistic or prescriptive one expresses that democracy should be a selective policy. Thus, a misfortune, between an election and a selection, there is a crucial difference, which is to highlight, that is, actions in favor of the exclusive faculties of the citizenship, which allows the ownership and exercise of public power, and is right here where modern democracy is carried out, a democracy that is representative, where the people as the holder of power transmit it to others for its exercise, and it is precisely in full respect for this civic will that the essence of what is called democracy and What with reason right the distinction of other political systems.

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Author Biography

Dulce Natalia Lugo Jiménez, Universidad Veracruzana

Licenciada en Derecho con Mención Honorifica por la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Veracruzana, ha ocupado diversos cargos en el Poder Judicial de la Federación y el Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial del Estado de Veracruz, así como representación partidista ante el Instituto Nacional Electoral y el Organismo Público Local Electoral del Estado. Actualmente Asesora Legislativa en el Congreso del Estado de Veracruz, egresada del Doctorado en Derecho Público del Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas de la Universidad Veracruzana

References

Fernández Santillán, José F. (2016). La Democracia como forma de gobierno. México: Instituto Nacional Electoral.

O’ Donell Guillermo. (Diciembre de 1997). “Rendición de Cuentas horizontal y nuevas Poliarquías”. En: Nueva Sociedad.152. Viena, pp. 143-167.

Sartori, Giovanni. (1993). ¿Qué es la democracia?. México: Editorial Patria.

Sartori, Giovanni. (2015). Lección de Democracia. México: Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación.

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Published

2018-05-01

How to Cite

Lugo Jiménez, D. N. (2018). What is Democracy?. Universita Ciencia, 7(18), 17–27. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7007894

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Vol. 7 No. 18 (2018): Opinion and Participation

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