Milstein, Brian (2018) The Brexit vote and Trump’s election were decided democratically. So why don’t they feel that way? USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (10 Nov 2018). Blog Entry.
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Abstract
The Brexit referendum and Trump’s election were each decided by a free and fair vote, yet large proportions of UK and US citizens have trouble accepting them as truly “democratic.” A working democracy requires more than free elections; it requires additional institutions, such as wellfunctioning political public sphere and a responsive political party system, to channel citizens’ voices into productive public debate and foster a sense of “collective democratic will,” writes Brian Milstein. If these institutions are in a state of decay, democratic politics can start to appear unfocused and erratic – we can even find ourselves subject to decisions that were “formally” democratic, yet somehow don’t “feel” democratic, he argues.
Item Type: | Online resource (Blog Entry) |
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Official URL: | https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/ |
Additional Information: | © 2018 The Author(s) |
Divisions: | LSE |
Subjects: | J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) |
Date Deposited: | 28 Jul 2021 13:00 |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2021 00:01 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/111469 |
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