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⇑Elections, Campaigns and Democracy at Royal Holloway, University of London

Language: English Studies in English

Qualification: MSc

Kind of studies: full-time studies, part-time studies

Master of Science (MSc)

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Democracy

Democracy (Greek: δημοκρατία dēmokratía, literally "rule of the people"), in modern usage, is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body, such as a parliament. Democracy is sometimes referred to as "rule of the majority". Democracy is a system of processing conflicts in which outcomes depend on what participants do, but no single force controls what occurs and its outcomes.

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Elections

Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote.

William L. Shirer, as reported by The New York Times (December 29, 1969), p. 36.

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Elections

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

George Eliot in Felix Holt (1866).

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Democracy

We rightly rejected the divine right of kings, but now too many of us believe in a divine right of majorities and pluralities. We wrongly assume that no empathy is required for minority viewpoints, provided a vote was taken.
But fundamental moral principles, like the Zero Aggression Principle, cannot be voted out of existence.

Perry Willis and Jim Babka, "How do libertarians view democracy?," Zero Aggression Project (cited 20 July 2015)

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