Democracy happens when everyone participates in political decisions.
Democracy is government by discussion, or by deliberation.
This course also examines the idea that democracy is based on an incoherent combination of individual interests and collective good. Second, the course looks at what some critics believe to be bad kinds of democracy. Democracy isn't just elections, it is human rights or political accountability. Democracy requires that institutions which guarantee that all people, and not just some, count. This is a course both in academic and, ultimately, in citizenship skills.