Protective Democracy, Developmental Democracy, Pluralist Democracy, and Participatory Democracy are the four models of democracy. Each of these types has their own positive and negative challenges and successes that go along with them. A main challenge I found between the Protective and Developmental style is that they have two different ideas on how the citizens should be involved. Protective believes that there should be a defined separation between powers. It is set up so that democratic institutions are the main source of protection for the people's liberties. Developmental has a more implicit approach, leaving room for citizens to step in and be more involved in the running of the democracy. Citizens are encouraged to be active and involved, leaving the job of the democratic institutions to be mostly a representation of the thoughts and ideas of the whole community.
When we compare a Pluralist and Participatory democracy, they contrast similarly to how the Protective and Developmental did. Pluralist democracy promotes a sense of diversity while not completely focusing on the social aspect. It is still politically minded in the sense that the role of citizens is minimal and passive. Participatory democracy is a lot like Developmental. They both want a strong sense of community and involvement through the people. Participation is encouraged. Participatory democracy focuses on all three major ideas: economic, political, and social. .
When we look at democracy, no matter the type or model, a common challenge and question that arises is the question of how much or how little control the population should have in politics. In my opinion, the seriousness of this idea does not so much diminish in any of the models, but can increase in certain ones. For example, I believe the seriousness of the separation of powers and who truly has a say in what happens increases in the models that depends on citizen involvement.
