Tension between Liberal and democratic aspects within Liberal democracy.

Q1. Andrew Parkin claims that there is a tension between the liberal and the democratic aspects of liberal democratic political systems. Explain what he means by this. A Liberal democracy symbolizes the historical and ideological coexistence of two different strands of political development, inevitably combining them. These different strands are the liberal strand and the democratic strand. The results and testimony of this union is visibly embedded within western societies like Australia. As a consequence , …

…thus shielding the greater public from harm. Not surprisingly, the gun ownership debate was where the 'liberal' side lost decisively. Despite the tension that may continually occur between the 'liberal' and 'democratic' ideals, the two cannot function without each other. The saying- 'opposites always attract ' goes well with the notion of Liberal-democracy which is like a union or marriage between two very opposite soul mates. This marriage has many downs as well as 'ups'