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    Democracy Then and Now

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    Chapter 4 Ancient Greece Democracy: Then and Now In modern conversation‚ when people hear the word democracy‚ most people immediately think of the late 1700’s when a group of people in what is today the United States of America‚ separated themselves from a tyrannical king in England‚ declared their independence from his rule‚ and fought a war to defend their right to be free. Many people associate the type of Government these brave American’s created as a new idea of democracy. But was it really a

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    Sonari‚Jamshedpur – 831011‚Jharkhand Mobile No. -- 09178 460 468/773 565 86 35 E-mail -- raj_red123@rediffmail.com Democracy And Corrupt Politicians Democracy in India has the distinction of being world’s largest functioning democracy.Ever since her independence ‚India has been living and developing through a democratic system of governance involving a self rule of the people.Till today they have been regularly using their rights to vote for electing & changing their government. Around

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    Democracy‚ as defined by Polybius‚ was a “regime based on effective rule by the people.” In Polybius’ Histories‚ democracy was not based on each citizen having the ‘right to do whatever they wish or propose’ but true democracy relied on “reverence to the gods‚ succour of parents‚ respect to elders‚ obedience to laws‚ are traditional and habitual‚ in such communities” as well as decisions being decided by the majority. It has been agreed upon by most ancient historians that Rome was not a democracy

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    Greek Democracy

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    know about ancient Greek government and military? You may know that the Greeks had the first democracy. You also may know about the Spartans and how powerful their army was‚ but that is not all. The ancient Greek government and military was a lot more than that‚ and this document can teach you more. The Greek government was different from our present government and so was their military. The ancient Greek democracy was very different from the US’s democracy. Athens is the best-documented and most

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    Pillars of Democracy

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    Democracy is a political form of government in which governing power is derived from the people‚ by consensus (consensus democracy)‚ by direct referendum (direct democracy)‚ or by means of elected representatives of the people (representative democracy). The term comes from the Greek word (dēmokratía) "rule of the people"‚ which was coined from (dêmos) "people" and (Kratos) "power". There is no universal definition of the term democracy‚ people like the late USA president ABRAHAM LINCOLN define

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    EQUALITY AND DEMOCRACY

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    EQUALITY AND DEMOCRACY  South Asian countries have fundamentally regarded economic development as a political matter.  Another thing that differentiates South Asia is her commitment to egalitarianism in terms of planning.  In terms of guiding beliefs‚ there is a similarity between South Asia and the West. However‚ a time dimension is involved.  During West Asia’s development period‚ social welfare was still in its early stages.  Social welfare was part of abstracts by scholars and even rebels

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    A Study of Democracy

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    DEMOCRACY OUTLINES: - Introduction - Importance of democracy - Historical Overview - Why democracy is flop in Pakistan - Remedial measures -Conclusion INTRODUCTION: Democracy is the most essential and fundamental element for managing the affairs of society systematically. Democracy and participatory governance are popular political patterns in the modern world. In a broader sense democracy encompasses the leading features; fair and free election process‚ supremacy of the constitution‚ the rule

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    The Athenian democracy in the Golden Age functioned somewhat like ours does today. Athenian countryside was divided into areas called demes. In each of these demes‚ registers they kept track of which citizens were eligible to attend the assembly and vote on laws and public policies. Each Deme was then grouped into 10 tribes for other political functions‚ such as choosing representatives for the council of five hundred citizens. The number of representatives chosen from each deme was proportional

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    struggle for democracy The second half of the 20th century brought many new countries in Southeast Asia. A majority of these countries began to use western democracies to shape their government. The Philippines is among the newly democratized developing states. The Philippines has been directly influenced by the United States in developing its autonomy as a democracy. Because of continuing corruption and dynastic rule‚ contradictions in political culture‚ and semi-authoritarian rule the Philippines

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    Direct Democracy vs Representative Democracy The term Democracy is derived from two Greek words‚ demos‚ meaning people‚ and kratos‚ meaning rule. These two words form the word democracy which means rule by the people. Aristotle‚ and other ancient Greek political philosophers‚ used the phrase‚ `the governors are to be the governed’‚ or as we have come to know it‚ `rule and be ruled in turn’. The two major types of democracy are Representative Democracy and Direct Democracy. Clearly

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