substantive democracy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubstantiveanddemocracy
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substantive
adjective
uk/səbˈstæn.tɪv/us/səbˈstæn.t̬ɪv/
important, serious, or related to ...
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democracy
noun
uk/dɪˈmɒk.rə.si/us/dɪˈmɑː.krə.si/
the belief in freedom and equality between people, or a system of government based on this belief, in which power is either held by elected representatives or directly by the ...
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(Definition ofsubstantiveanddemocracyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Finally, we argue that an important distinction has to be made between procedural andsubstantivedemocracy.
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Finally, an important distinction has to be made between procedural andsubstantivedemocracy.
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Substantivedemocracyand direct indigenous participation in national government expand, facilitating pro-indigenous policies and legislation.
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There is no good example of an objectivelysubstantivedemocracy.
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In other words,substantivedemocracyis a form of democracy that functions in the interest of the governed.
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Procedural democracy is quite different fromsubstantivedemocracy, which is manifested by equal participation of all groups in society in the political process.
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Her argument is based on the premise that courts should consider notions ofsubstantivedemocracyin performing their judicial role.
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Although a country may allow all citizens of age to vote, this characteristic does not necessarily qualify it as asubstantivedemocracy.
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The opposite of asubstantivedemocracyis a formal democracy, which is where the relevant forms of democracy exist but are not actually managed democratically.
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Spontaneous student movements, mostly grouped in one area, though of uncertain terms, left, took on the role of opposition to a system whose effective andsubstantivedemocracywas seriously challenged.
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