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The term Post-democracy designate a State conducted by democratic rules, but whose application is progressively limited. The English conservative journalist Peter Oborne presented a documentary of the 2005 general election, arguing that it had become anti-democratic because it targeted a number of floating voters with a narrow agenda.

Definition Tentative

This term appeared to define a running evolution within the democracies during the 21st century.

It is a polemic term because it calls attention on recognised democracies that are losing some of their foundations do evolve toward an Aristocratic regime.

A Post-democracy may be characterised with:

  • non representative elections
  • citizen rights are not respected by the state, or its representatives
  • or, impossibility to get balanced debates

Examples

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