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Democracy: Democracy is a system of government in which the people have the power to choose their leaders and make decisions about how they are governed. It is based on the principles of equality, freedom, and participation.
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Ulrich Beck on Democracy - Dictionary of Arguments

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Democracy/Beck: On the one hand, the industrial society enforces the demands and forms of parliamentary democracy. On the other hand, the scope of these principles is halved. The sub-political process of innovation of "progress" remains in the competence of the economy, science and technology, for which democratic matter of courses have just been overridden.
>Society/Beck
, >Progress, >Politics, >Economy, >Science, >Technology.
This becomes problematic in the continuity of modernization processes where the sub-politics of politics have taken over the leading role of shaping society.
>Modernisation, >Modernism.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Beck I
U. Beck
Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity. New Delhi 1992
German Edition:
Risikogesellschaft Frankfurt/M. 2015


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