...justice, have each of them several different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another. In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there • An interesting illustration of this is the way in which the English flower names which were in...

...Chinese students faced in trying to bring a democratic society to China. George Orwell once wrote that in the case of a word like democracy, not only is...when we call a country democratic we are praising; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, fearing that they...

...choosing otherwise will at least have difficulty calling that choice "democracy." l radical democracy In the case of a word like democracy, not only is...praising it: consequently the defenders of every kind of régime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were...

...extent of disagreement. A perceptive remark by Orwell indicates one reason for this state of affairs: In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there no agreed definition bui the attempt to make one is resisted from alt sides. It is almost universally felt that when we...

...justice, have each of them several different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another. In the case of a word like democracy, not only is...praising it: consequently the defenders of every kind of régime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were...

...justice, have each of them several different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another. In the case of a word like democracy, not only is...praising it: consequently the defenders of every kind of régime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were...

...redefinition are proof of George Orwell's observation that any attempt to pin down a definition of democracy 'is resisted from all sides. It is almost universally...democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using that word if it were tied down to any one meaning.'12 Somewhat more specifically, the attempt to frame...

...have always been varying usages and definitions of the term 'democracy'. As George Orwell pointed out: '[N]ot only is there no agreed definition but the attempt to make one is resisted from all sides . . . The defenders of any kind of regime claim that it is a democracy and fear they might have to...