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What are some key ideas with which democracy is concerned, according to Roux's description?
What are some key ideas with which democracy is concerned, according to Roux's description?
Collectives, decision-making, exercise of power
What is most commonly associated with democracy from the perspective of constitutional law or political theory?
What is most commonly associated with democracy from the perspective of constitutional law or political theory?
Exercise of formal state power
How is the statist approach to democracy typically oriented?
How is the statist approach to democracy typically oriented?
Top-down
What is often missing in statist conceptions of democracy beyond civil and political rights?
What is often missing in statist conceptions of democracy beyond civil and political rights?
Who are the authors of 'Decolonising and Re-Theorising the Meaning of Democracy: A South African Perspective'?
Who are the authors of 'Decolonising and Re-Theorising the Meaning of Democracy: A South African Perspective'?
What is the focus of the Centre for Social Change mentioned in the text?
What is the focus of the Centre for Social Change mentioned in the text?
What type of societies are the authors of the document interested in building?
What type of societies are the authors of the document interested in building?
What are some examples of social, economic, and cultural goods mentioned in relation to democracy?
What are some examples of social, economic, and cultural goods mentioned in relation to democracy?
What are the key characteristics that the author aspires to in arrangements?
What are the key characteristics that the author aspires to in arrangements?
Why is achieving and sustaining arrangements that are just, sustainable, democratic, and free difficult?
Why is achieving and sustaining arrangements that are just, sustainable, democratic, and free difficult?
What was Tocqueville's key insight into sustaining democracy?
What was Tocqueville's key insight into sustaining democracy?
Why does the text mention that establishing the conditions for democracy historically has never been easy?
Why does the text mention that establishing the conditions for democracy historically has never been easy?
What does Brown suggest are the key challenges that democracy must find answers to in order to be realized for all?
What does Brown suggest are the key challenges that democracy must find answers to in order to be realized for all?
What are not the most difficult challenges to surmount for democracy to be realized for all?
What are not the most difficult challenges to surmount for democracy to be realized for all?
What is the key to sustaining democracy according to Tocqueville?
What is the key to sustaining democracy according to Tocqueville?
What does the text suggest is particularly challenging about arrangements that are just, sustainable, democratic, and free?
What does the text suggest is particularly challenging about arrangements that are just, sustainable, democratic, and free?
What is the focus of the article in relation to democracy in post-apartheid South Africa?
What is the focus of the article in relation to democracy in post-apartheid South Africa?
What is the foundational premise regarding democracy in post-apartheid South Africa?
What is the foundational premise regarding democracy in post-apartheid South Africa?
How does the article respond to the decolonisation movement?
How does the article respond to the decolonisation movement?
What is emphasized as important despite the dominance of Western theory in the article?
What is emphasized as important despite the dominance of Western theory in the article?
How are conceptions of democracy in post-apartheid South Africa influenced by grassroots mobilization?
How are conceptions of democracy in post-apartheid South Africa influenced by grassroots mobilization?
What tensions does the article draw attention to regarding democracy in post-apartheid South Africa?
What tensions does the article draw attention to regarding democracy in post-apartheid South Africa?
What crisis does the article illuminate regarding democracy in post-apartheid South Africa?
What crisis does the article illuminate regarding democracy in post-apartheid South Africa?
What alternative imaginations of democracy are proffered in the article?
What alternative imaginations of democracy are proffered in the article?
What is democracy conceptualized as according to the text?
What is democracy conceptualized as according to the text?
How is freedom described in the context of democracy from below?
How is freedom described in the context of democracy from below?
What is the ongoing fight in democracy from below about?
What is the ongoing fight in democracy from below about?
What is the contrast between democracy from below and post-apartheid neoliberal reality?
What is the contrast between democracy from below and post-apartheid neoliberal reality?
How does the individual in the text perceive democracy after 20 years?
How does the individual in the text perceive democracy after 20 years?
What are some examples of socio-economic goods the individual in the text mentions should be provided in a democracy?
What are some examples of socio-economic goods the individual in the text mentions should be provided in a democracy?
How does the individual describe their living conditions as evidence of the lack of democracy?
How does the individual describe their living conditions as evidence of the lack of democracy?
What is the overall sentiment expressed by the individual regarding the state of democracy?
What is the overall sentiment expressed by the individual regarding the state of democracy?
What is meant by the phrase 'the continuous practice of shaping our common existence in common'?
What is meant by the phrase 'the continuous practice of shaping our common existence in common'?
What is one of the minimum requirements for ecological social democracy?
What is one of the minimum requirements for ecological social democracy?
How does the text suggest balancing the need to address global powers and predicaments with local participation and control?
How does the text suggest balancing the need to address global powers and predicaments with local participation and control?
What does the text describe as 'unnatural, nonautomatic, and nontechnical' about democracy as a political form?
What does the text describe as 'unnatural, nonautomatic, and nontechnical' about democracy as a political form?
