English Explanatory Dictionary

democratic deficit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A situation when ostensibly democratic organizations or institutions (particularly governments) are seen to be falling short of fulfilling the principles of the parliamentary democracy in their practices or operation where representative and linked parliamentary integrity becomes widely discussed.

Word forms

democratic deficit democratic deficits

Etymology

First used by the Young European Federalists in their Manifesto in 1977.

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