The Best of Bad Ways

Winston Churchill once said: „Democracy is the best of the worst ways to mend human society...“

Before the local elections of 1994 Bretislav Rychlik asked voters and candidates in Most, Pisek and Javornik nad Velickou to give their opinions about the justification for local politics. The crew set off for three different towns in the Czech Republic to hear the views of the people - in pubs, on the street, at a Communist meeting, at the Town Hall and elsewhere - on how democracy is being fostered, how it is faring and, most importantly, how the people are faring within it.

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