democraticness

From democratic +‎ -ness.

democraticness (uncountable)

1. The quality or state of being democratic.

   Synonym: democraticity

   Antonym: undemocraticness

   • 1995, James L. Hyland, Democratic Theory: The Philosophical Foundations, Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 80:

     Because it appears so obvious to us that the exclusion of certain categories of people does not in any degree affect the democraticness of a political system, we feel it incumbent on us to include a reference to ‘justifiable exclusions’ in our definition of democracy.

   • 2009 June 30, Todd Landman, Neil Robinson, The SAGE Handbook of Comparative Politics, SAGE Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 40:

     In summary: the cross-national analysis of factors promoting pluralism and polyarchy demonstrates (ceteris paribus) that favourable economic conditions and high(er) levels of human development are incentives for achieving higher levels of democraticness. However, like political factors, they are not crucial per se, nor functional under all circumstances. It appears rather that the interplay of these factors benefits further democratization and may well enhance the level of democraticness of a nation.

   • 2021, Clara Neupert-Wentz, Daniela Kromrey, Axel Bayer, “The democraticness of traditional political systems in Africa”, in Democratization‎, →ISSN:

     Finally, we find that more hierarchically organized political systems, kings, and chiefs, as well as those organized in segments, are on average less democratic, while the presence of elders is associated with higher levels of democraticness.

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