ON Democracy

Democracy is not a monolithic concept, instead it encompasses various interpretations and implementations across different contexts, its of utmost importance to highlight the dichotomy that exists between the idealized notions of democracy and the way it manifests itself in the real world, the most common perception of democracy is that of a procedural democracy, highlighting the importance of practical mechanisms and processes through which decisions are made and implemented, this understanding emphasizes the importance of institutional arrangements for the efficiency of democracy, however this singular understanding of democracy is problematic and incomplete in itself, its important to look beyond the practical processes of democracy and instead shifting centrality to what result does that procedure generate in terms of the protection of individual rights, equitable distribution of resources, the value of equality and fairness are extremely integral to the functioning and the effectiveness of democracy, in a similar fashion, the robustness of a democracy can also be judged by the way that if it responds to the demands raised by the ostracized Populus and if its mechanisms allow it to transform itself to suit their demands, another perspective which is not highlighted in scholarly opinion is the intricate connection which must exist between social equality and democracy, for a democracy to be legitimate, it must provide its citizens with much more than ''formal equality'', such as the right to vote, the transformative power of democracy must go beyond these generalized spheres as without this ability, the democracy along with all its procedures would be considered as hallow or merely symbolic, the strive should always be for a more holistic model which propagates democracy not merely as a political system but as a social phenomena.