Democratic Deficit

Definition of Democratic Deficit

The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Democratic Deficit: The gap between the potential democratic control exercised by citizens of a nation and the actual amount of democratic control available because of the transfer of decision making to non-elected agencies. Many social scientists are of the belief that this deficit has increased substantially because of free trade agreements, the deregulation of corporate activity, the growth of multinational corporations which are now beyond the ability of any one nation to control and the growth of super bureaucracies designed to coordinate cross-border activities.

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Notes and References

• Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Democratic Deficit. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada

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Translation of Democratic deficit

• Spanish: Déficit democrático
• French: Déficit démocratique
• German: Demokratiedefizit
• Italian: Deficit democratico
• Portuguese: Défice democrático
• Polish: Deficyt demokratyczny

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