(1) What is the appropriate unit or association within which a democratic government should be established? A town or city? A country? A business corporation? A university? An international organization? All of these? If a government of or by the people-a “popular” government-is to be established, at least five fundamental questions must be confronted at the outset, and two more are almost certain to be posed if the democracy continues to exist for long. The etymological origins of the term democracy hint at a number of urgent problems that go far beyond semantic issues.

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