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Your reaction?: "Democracy is not about discovering the 'popular will.' Rather, it is an institutional process where people compete for power, and a method of resolving conflicts between elites." [Prof Mushtaq Khan - SOAS - London, The Drum Beat 434]:
True - essentially correct.
False - popular will is what democracy is all about.
Half true - there is a dynamic between popular will and elite conflict resolution.
Wrong on both counts - democracy is about neither popular will nor elite conflict resolution [COMMENT in the box provided].
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Your reaction?: "Democracy is not about discovering the 'popular will.' Rather, it is an institutional process where people compete for power, and a method of resolving conflicts between elites." [Prof Mushtaq Khan - SOAS - London, The Drum Beat 434]:
True - essentially correct.
False - popular will is what democracy is all about.
Half true - there is a dynamic between popular will and elite conflict resolution.
Wrong on both counts - democracy is about neither popular will nor elite conflict resolution [COMMENT in the box provided].
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