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'''Bourgeois democracy'''{{efn|Also known as '''liberal democracy''', '''representative democracy''', '''Western democracy''', etc.}} is a state form characterized by indirect democracy, periodic elections, political parties, and a state monopoly on the form of political struggle, with special repressive organs for maintaining this monopoly. This form of government developed in the 18th century in the [[United States]], [[Great Britain]] and [[France]] but has gone on to predominate globally since the [[Fall of the Eastern Bloc|end of the Cold War]]. | {{stub}}'''Bourgeois democracy'''{{efn|Also known as '''liberal democracy''', '''representative democracy''', '''Western democracy''', etc.}} is a state form characterized by [[indirect democracy]], periodic elections, [[party|political parties]], and a state monopoly on the form of political struggle, with special repressive organs for maintaining this monopoly. This form of government developed in the 18th century in the [[United States]], [[Great Britain]] and [[France]] but has gone on to predominate globally since the [[Fall of the Eastern Bloc|end of the Cold War]]. | ||
Bourgeois democracies are designed to be highly conservative, tending to limit radical change through high barriers of entry, separated branches of government, and infrequent checks on the mandate of political representatives. | Bourgeois democracies are designed to be highly [[conservative]], tending to limit radical change through high barriers of entry, separated branches of government, and infrequent checks on the mandate of political representatives. | ||
The questions of how to supersede bourgeois democracy, when to supersede it, and what | The questions of how to supersede bourgeois democracy, when to supersede it, and what should replace it are a major topic of discussion among [[Marxist]]s. The [[RSFSR]], the first successful [[dictatorship of the proletariat]], resolved these questions with [[Soviet democracy]], a form of [[council communism|council democracy]]. Disagreements concerning the Soviet political system form the basis for modern sectarian disagreement on the left to the present day. | ||
== Explanatory notes == | == Explanatory notes == | ||
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Revision as of 17:55, 6 June 2023
Bourgeois democracy[a] is a state form characterized by indirect democracy, periodic elections, political parties, and a state monopoly on the form of political struggle, with special repressive organs for maintaining this monopoly. This form of government developed in the 18th century in the United States, Great Britain and France but has gone on to predominate globally since the end of the Cold War.
Bourgeois democracies are designed to be highly conservative, tending to limit radical change through high barriers of entry, separated branches of government, and infrequent checks on the mandate of political representatives.
The questions of how to supersede bourgeois democracy, when to supersede it, and what should replace it are a major topic of discussion among Marxists. The RSFSR, the first successful dictatorship of the proletariat, resolved these questions with Soviet democracy, a form of council democracy. Disagreements concerning the Soviet political system form the basis for modern sectarian disagreement on the left to the present day.
Explanatory notes
- ↑ Also known as liberal democracy, representative democracy, Western democracy, etc.