to them true democracy means liberte egalite fraternite effective citizen control over policy , responsible government , honesty and openness in politics and power and various other civic virtues. these are for the most part , good things and people can if they wish , define democracy in these terms. doing so however , raises all the problems that come up with the definitions of democracy by source or by purpose. fuzzy norms do not yield useful analysis. elections , open,free and fair are the essence of democracy, the inescapable sine qua non