DEMOCRACY WITHOUT ELECTION, ELECTION WITHOUT DEMOCRACY
SEÇİM OLMADAN DEMOKRASİ, DEMOKRASİ OLMADA SEÇİM

Author : Negin BAVİLİ
Number of pages : 523- 529

Abstract

In this essay the relationship between democracy and election is studied. Is democracy product of electoral process or electoral process can affect democratic procedures? Can election transform to a tool in the hands of authoritarian governments in order to be proof of legatimacy? In four different sections the relationship between Democracy and Election is discussed in more details. In the first section, What forms and chrectristics of democratic elections should have in order to be considered as democratic? In second section, Whether democracies without elections are possible?, In the third and fourth sections, prerequistes of legitimacy is discussed.

Keywords

Democracy, Democratic Procedures, Elective Procedures, legitamacy

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