Dimitris K. Bakas: ELECTIONS, A SIMPLE HOLISTIC VIEW
Introduction
In the context of modern Democracy, the citizen is the fundamental subject and determines his stance, either through the vision he has for an ideal State or through his social integration.
It acts either individually or collectively in two institutional dimensions of Democracy: In the functioning of the democratic system at the level of state institutions and in the everyday right and claim of the citizen to determine political decisions continuously through his free expression and not only during the electoral process. The above distinction is a historical creation.
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In the primitive form of direct democracy (city-state), the identification of ruler and ruled occurs. Direct democracy became unworkable for obvious reasons. In the purely representative system that succeeded the monarchy, the political function of the citizen usually begins and ends with the exercise of the right to vote.
The field of encounter and co-operation between power and society is the electoral process. The autonomy of the field, where political representation takes place vis-à-vis the represented citizens, has led to degenerative phenomena, such as the professionalization of politics, ostensibly democratic processes and the distancing of citizens from political events.