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'''Procedural democracy''' is a term that denotes the particular procedures, such as regular [[election]]s based on [[universal suffrage]], that produce an electorally-legitimated government.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Saikal|first=Amin|date=|title=Democracy and Democratization|url=https://pesd.princeton.edu/node/251|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 July 2020|website=Encyclopedia Princetoniensis|publisher=Princeton University}}</ref> Procedural democracy, which centers electoral processes as the basis of democratic legitimacy, is often contrasted with [[substantive democracy|substantive or participatory democracy]], which centers the equal participation of all groups in society in the political process as the basis of legitimacy. |
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'''Procedural democracy''' or '''proceduralist democracy''', '''proceduralism''' or '''hollow democracy'''<ref>Tom Forrest, "A Hollow Democracy: Civil Rule, 1979–1983", in ''A Hollow Democracy: Civil Rule, 1979–1983'', Taylor & Francis, 1996.</ref> is a term used to denote the particular procedures, such as regular [[election]]s based on [[universal suffrage]], that produce an electorally-legitimated government.<ref name="Saikal">{{Cite web|last=Saikal|first=Amin|title=Democracy and Democratization|url=https://pesd.princeton.edu/node/251|access-date=10 July 2020|website=Encyclopedia Princetoniensis|publisher=Princeton University}}</ref><ref name="Kaldor">{{Cite web|last=Kaldor|first=Mary|date=27 May 2014|title=Democracy in Europe after the Elections|url=https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/eurocrisispress/2014/05/27/democracy-in-europe-after-the-elections/|access-date=10 July 2020|website=Euro Crisis in the Press|publisher=London School of Economics}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Saffon |first1=Maria Paula |last2=Urbinati |first2=Nadia |title=Procedural Democracy, the Bulwark of Equal Liberty |journal=Political Theory |date=1 June 2013 |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=441–481 |doi=10.1177/0090591713476872 |s2cid=15338422 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0090591713476872 |access-date=28 August 2021 |language=en |issn=0090-5917}}</ref> Procedural democracy, with its centering of electoral processes as the basis of democratic legitimacy, is often contrasted with [[substantive democracy|substantive or participatory democracy]], which centers the equal participation of all groups in society in the political process as the basis of legitimacy.<ref name="Kaldor"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sarajlic|first=Eldar|date=18 February 2014|title=The perils of procedural democracy: a lesson from Bosnia|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/perils-of-procedural-democracy-lesson-from-bosnia/|access-date=10 July 2020|website=openDemocracy}}</ref> |
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The term is often used to denote an artificial appearance of [[democracy]] through the existence of democratic procedures like elections when in reality power is held by a small group of elites who manipulate democratic processes to make themselves appear democratically legitimate.<ref name="Saikal"/><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kok Wah Loh|first=Francis|date=29 February 2008|title=Procedural democracy, participatory democracy and regional networking: the multi-terrain struggle for democracy in Southeast Asia|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14649370701789740?journalCode=riac20|journal=Inter-Asia Cultural Studies|volume=9|pages=127–141|doi=10.1080/14649370701789740|s2cid=154965387|via=Taylor & Francis Online}}</ref> |
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Procedural democracy assumes that the electoral process is at the core of the authority placed in elected officials and ensures that all procedures of elections are duly complied with (or at least appear so). It could be described as a republic wherein only the basic structures and institutions are in place.{{cn|date=April 2020}} Commonly, the previously elected representatives use electoral procedures to maintain themselves in power against the common wish of the people (to some varying extent), thus thwarting the establishment of a full-fledged democracy. |
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Certain southern African countries such as [[Namibia]], [[Angola]], and [[Mozambique]], where procedural elections are conducted through international assistance, are possible examples of procedural democracies. |
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For procedural democrats, the aim of democracy is to embody certain procedural virtue. Procedural democrats are divided among themselves over what those virtues might be, as well as over which procedures best embody them. But all procedural democrats agree on the one central point: for procedural democrats, there is no "independent truth of the matter" which outcomes ought track; instead, the goodness or rightness of an outcome is wholly constituted by the fact of its having emerged in some procedurally correct manner. |
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Procedural democracy or proceduralist democracy, proceduralism or hollow democracy[1] is a term used to denote the particular procedures, such as regular elections based on universal suffrage, that produce an electorally-legitimated government.[2][3][4] Procedural democracy, with its centering of electoral processes as the basis of democratic legitimacy, is often contrasted with substantive or participatory democracy, which centers the equal participation of all groups in society in the political process as the basis of legitimacy.[3][5]
The term is often used to denote an artificial appearance of democracy through the existence of democratic procedures like elections when in reality power is held by a small group of elites who manipulate democratic processes to make themselves appear democratically legitimate.[2][6]
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[edit]- ^ Tom Forrest, "A Hollow Democracy: Civil Rule, 1979–1983", in A Hollow Democracy: Civil Rule, 1979–1983, Taylor & Francis, 1996.
- ^ a b Saikal, Amin. "Democracy and Democratization". Encyclopedia Princetoniensis. Princeton University. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ a b Kaldor, Mary (27 May 2014). "Democracy in Europe after the Elections". Euro Crisis in the Press. London School of Economics. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ Saffon, Maria Paula; Urbinati, Nadia (1 June 2013). "Procedural Democracy, the Bulwark of Equal Liberty". Political Theory. 41 (3): 441–481. doi:10.1177/0090591713476872. ISSN 0090-5917. S2CID 15338422. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ Sarajlic, Eldar (18 February 2014). "The perils of procedural democracy: a lesson from Bosnia". openDemocracy. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ Kok Wah Loh, Francis (29 February 2008). "Procedural democracy, participatory democracy and regional networking: the multi-terrain struggle for democracy in Southeast Asia". Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. 9: 127–141. doi:10.1080/14649370701789740. S2CID 154965387 – via Taylor & Francis Online.
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