Hi Maha,
It’s an interesting topic.
I wonder how compulsory voting systems (or lack thereof- in terms of their use or enforcement through law) might also play in to our current political situations.
There is a lot of really great work happening in democratic theory/ democracy studies at the moment. I’m not really knowledgeable in this area either, though.
When I first read your post, I thought of the concept of dialogue- this rests on parties taking care and responsibility to co-create a space where relationship is possible. It’s not about convincing each other, and sometimes common ground will not found- to presume resolution is not really the purpose of dialogue. I think we are not usually taught much about dialogue, so there is a lot of potential for educators to work more intentionally in this area!
Cheers,
Louise