Madisonian Democracy Vs Participatory Democracy

The basic knowledge that most of people have about democracy is that any law or decision can be passed or not based on the number of the votes that vote for it. If the majority vote to pass that law or decision than it will be passed. However, the issue with this democracy, which is also called participatory democracy, is that the majority might take the liberty of the minority. Therefore, a politic named James Madison presented the Madisonian Democracy to counter the majority by resisting and frustrating it so that the minority’s rights can be protected and preserved. The Madisonian democracy not only has democratic values, but also has democratic procedures, and it is an alternative to the Participatory democracy. Madison believed that human

He defined faction as a group of whether majority or minority that is united and motivated by a common interest or passion. Therefore, faction needs to be restrained. However, that can be against the right of others or the community interest. Madison said faction are “Sown into the nature of human beings.” He believed that human are not perfect, because if they are perfect there will be no need for government. He explained few problems with factions for both minority and majority, and he gave solutions to these problems. First of all, the problems of majority tyranny are in public good disregarded, rights of minority ignored and too responsive to majority “passions.” Secondly, the problem of minority tyranny are elite capture and government not responsive people. For both majority and minority factions, they face different problems with the democracy. Madison had to represent a few solutions to establish justice and

He believed in controlling the effects of both minority faction and majority faction and not only one faction. First of all, controlling the effects of the minority fraction can be solved by regular elections for the representatives of people; such as, the president and the Senate, so that it would be highly difficult for an elite to capture the majority. Not only that, but also making the government accountable and responsive to public will. Moreover, the government must be subjected to the rule of law. Meaning that no one can abuse the power of the government, because the constitution is above