English Dictionary

democratic deficit

名詞

(politics) A situation when ostensibly democratic organizations or institutions (particularly governments) are seen to be falling short of fulfilling the principles of the parliamentary democracy in their practices or operation where representative and linked parliamentary integrity becomes widely discussed.

日本語の意味

民主的な制度や組織（特に政府）が、議会民主主義の原則に則った運営ができていない、つまり代表性や透明性の面で欠陥がある状態を指します。 / 政治の分野で、形式上は民主主義を採用していても、その実践において十分な民主的正統性や市民参加がなされず、政治過程における欠落が議論される状態を意味します。

Many citizens are concerned that a growing democratic deficit is eroding trust in the country's parliamentary institutions.

多くの市民は、民主主義の欠如が深刻化して国の議会制度への信頼が損なわれていることを懸念している。

意味（1）

(politics) A situation when ostensibly democratic organizations or institutions (particularly governments) are seen to be falling short of fulfilling the principles of the parliamentary democracy in their practices or operation where representative and linked parliamentary integrity becomes widely discussed.

The euro was launched with a fundamental democratic deficit, which didn’t trouble the European elite behind it because they had come to believe in a version of manifest destiny.

democratic deficits （ plural ）