“I do believe that what I have called populist democracy is to be preferred to what I have called elitist democracy.” BelieveDemocracyPopulistElitist Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“In many European countries we have populist indirect democratic systems. The people elect, in a proportionate manner, a parliament. The parliament with all its parties is representative of the political opinions among the citizens. It is reasonable to claim that the people rule itself through the political institutions.” PeopleCountryPoliticalPartyOpinionCitizensClaimsInstitutionsDemocraticReasonableRepresentativesParliamentIndirectPopulistEuropean CountriesPolitical OpinionsPolitical Institutions Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“The US two party system is very different, of course. Here the people decides about who should rule them, but it is not reasonable to claim that the people rules itself through the political institutions. In comparison, I find that the standard European system is better, also as a model for global democracy.” PeopleShouldTwoDifferentPoliticalCoursesPartyDemocracyModelsStandardsClaimsInstitutionsReasonableComparisonPolitical InstitutionsTwo Party System Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“The perspective that many today are beginning to see as fully realistic is that democracy in our country, and in our part of the world, will suffer the same fate as the Swedish monarchy did before. The democracy is beeing emptied of all power political content at the same time as the forms remain, treated with reverence and preservasion.” WorldCountryTodayFormPoliticalSufferingDemocracyFatePerspectiveTreatedOur CountryRealisticReverenceMonarchySwedish Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“The democratic thought is based on that 'ordinary people' are suitable to rule themselves.” PeopleDemocracyOrdinaryDemocraticOrdinary PeopleSuitable Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
