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In short¡Mif democratic life involves no more than
a periodic vote¡M
citizens' activities will be largely confined to
the 'private' realm
of civil society and the scope of their actions
will depend largely
on the resources they can command. Few opportunities
will exist for
citizens to act as citizens; that is¡Mas participants
in public life.
But if democracy is understood as a double-sided
process¡Mthis state
of affairs might be redressed by creating opportunities
for people
to establish themselves 'in their capacity of being
citizens'. The
'active citizen' could once again return to the
centre of public life¡
¡Minvolving him-or herself in the realms of both
state and civil
society. Of course¡Mthe nature of this involvement
would differ in
each of these realms¡Maccording to its organizational
and
institutional eatures. But opportunities will at
least have been
created for all those affected by the decision-making
structures
of their communities to participate in the latters'
regulation
or so the story of democracy has so far suggested.
However¡M
democracy has another side.