Aspiring dictators sometimes win elections, and elected leaders sometimes govern badly and threaten their neighbors. ... History demonstrates that democracy usually follows good governance, not the reverse.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Dictators can win elections and elected leaders can be bad; democracy usually follows good governance, not the other way round.
- In plain terms
- Democracy tends to arise after good governance.
- What can you take from it?
- Focus on effective governance before expecting democratic outcomes.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What conditions allow democracy without good governance?
- How can governance be improved in authoritarian regimes?
Another view
Some democracies emerge despite poor governance.
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