Sentence examples for democratic functions from inspiring English sources

AMS fulfils all the democratic functions of an electoral system by providing choice, a representative outcome, accountability, and, where it is warranted and truly legitimate, single-party government.

Scalia would say that this is precisely because the courts have usurped democratic functions, and people of all political stripes now know how much — too much — is at stake in judicial nominations.

But the Democrats have moved up their primary calendar for 2004; and so, ready or not, the Westin Bonaventure here became host to the first of what will be dozens, maybe hundreds, of Democratic functions -- or "cattle calls" -- around the country at which politicians make the pitch for why they stand the best chance of toppling George W. Bush.

In other words, they can't perform the very democratic functions that lead the nation forward.

But does it strike Ms. Leid as odd for a station that has prided itself on its democratic functioning to have security guards now?

Its decision to commit to Australia is cause for optimism that quality journalism will continue to fulfil its democratic function in this era of rapid media change".

The MPs register their concern about "the loss of such assets to local communities and the important democratic function they serve in reporting on public life including local and national election campaigning".

Hackgate is sapping News International of tens of millions of pounds instead of investing in new openings for journalism students at university, and the high quality investigative journalism seen as the holy grail of the fourth estate's democratic function.

Setting candidates up for a devastating fall or a spectacular ascension has its entertainment value, and even its democratic function, in winnowing out the most marginal candidates, or helping to focus voters' attention on the candidacy of an intriguing maverick.

The democratic function to promote inclusion as "a central element to make deliberative process democratic".

Weber, like Schumpeter, states that competition and participation are the engines of democratic functioning.