Iris Marion Young believes in the idea that citizens must often put in much time and efficacy to gain a small reform and be involved with politics. Most of the time, uncertainty shadows democracy, and thus, Young believes that there should be a form of government that focuses on the connection between democracy and justice. This is why Young argues that democracies tend to reinforce social, economic, and political inequalities that influence injustice. Young introduces two models of democracy; aggregative and deliberative democracy. She relies on deliberative democracy as an ideal model to support the connection between democracy and justice. However, while she argues that deliberative democracy is the most efficient to emphasize ideals of inclusion, …show more content…
Thus, the idea of inclusion is a limitation that this model for democracy aims to understand, but it falls short of representing all citizens. In the book, Democracy and Inclusion, Young states, “ On this model, a democratic decision is normatively legitimate only if all those affected by it are included in the process of discussion and decision-making (23)”. According to Young, only those who choose to participate in discussion and decision-making will have a positive outlook on this model. In other words, this model can only work if citizens engage enough to voice their disagreements and thoughts on topics that they feel they are affected by. However, this leaves for non-inclusion if citizens don’t choose to want to voice their opinions if they feel as if the political form of communication is argumentation; they might not want to partake. Consequently, the concept of deliberative democracy is too absolute to be able to aid the concerns and issues of all; this leaves room for deliberative democracy not to be a means of representation to all