Democracy and its Complexities II

 

I.                 Democracy, Consensus and Struggle 

a)    struggle and order are ever-present

 

II.             Democracy and Struggle 

a)    recognition and survival

i) gaining access to freedom, equality and solidarity

ii) example of immigration

 

b)   struggle for ascendancy

i) gaining advantage

 

c)    transformative struggle

i)                seeking change

 

III.         The Imposition of Order

 

a)    struggle → order → struggle

i) mundane taxes

ii) civic protest