What are the Key Features of Democracy?
Channel: Civics Academy SA
Date: 2015-10-19

Democracy is a broad concept. No two democracies are exactly alike. There are, however, certain principles that apply to all of them. We have summarised them as six ‘key features of democracy ‘, which are likely to provide respect for human dignity, freedom, equality, justice, good governance, peace and the opportunity to hold elected representatives accountable.