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What Democracy Is and Is Not . Why is the concept of democracy losing its value? 2. What consensus has been met regarding the concept of democracy? 3. What is modem political democracy? 4, Define regime in your own words. 5, What distinguishes democratic rulers? 6. What is the liberal concept of democracy? 7. What is the social democratic concept of democracy? 8, Why is citizenship a critical element to democracy? 9. What is the role of competition to democracy? 10. Is merely having elections, democratic? Why or why not? 11, Is majority rule democratic? Why or why not? 12. How are minority rights protected? 13, How does cooperation affect democracy? 14, What is the role of representatives? 15, What is the potential conflict of representatives? 16. Which of the seven norms of modern democracy is the most important, in your opinion, and why? 17. What two additional conditions capture the essence of democracy? 18, What is the relationship between winners and losers? 19, What is the limit of uncertainty in democracies? 20. Which of the eleven elements is more prevalent in a democracy and why (in your opinion)? 21. Are democracies efficient? Why or why not? Provide examples from the article. 22, Can democracies die out? Provide examples. 23. Do open democracies necessarily lead to a free market? Why or why not? 24, In theory, what should the relationship be between government and the economy?

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