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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themselves as a “democracy”. The term democracy is derived from the Greek words demos (the people) and kratia (power or authority) and may be used to refer to any system of government that gives power to the people‚ either directly‚ or indirectly through elected representatives. Democracy is hard‚ perhaps the most complex and difficult of all forms of government. It is filled with tensions and contradictions‚ and requires that its members labor diligently to make it work. Democracy is not designed
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The Evolution of Democracy “I think democracy is the best form of government‚” says Alan. In reply Beth says‚ “You must be crazy to believe that the so-called democratic government in this country is the best we can have! Why I don’t even think it’s much of a democracy!” While Alan is speaking about the ideal of a democracy‚ Beth speaks of democracy as a form of government (pg 26). The ideals of democracy and the actuality of democracy as a form of government are at opposite ends of the spectrum
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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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Weaknesses of modern democracy Political science 202 01/01/2013 “Democracy is the worst form of government‚ except for all those others that have been tried from time to time.” These are the words used by Sir Winston Churchill while he was expressing his resolve with democracy. Democracy is the dominant form of government in the world with the exception of a few countries. In Sir Winston’s statement‚ the phrase‚ “except all those others that have been tried from time to
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Types of Liberal Democracies Like all PESCS‚ there are two types of Liberal Democracy: 1. Theoretical or Direct Democracy (DD) 2. Practical or Indirect Democracy (ID) DD is a concept whereby all members of society take part in all aspects of decision taking in that society. While this may work in smaller communities‚ the larger a group or community becomes‚ the more difficult it is to include everyone’s opinion. In DD‚ there are also no restrictions as to who may take part in the decision taking
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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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A long time ago‚ approximately over 2400 years‚ the Ancient Greek Polis developed the first democracy. This was the first time this particular political system was established and organized. Not long after‚ the Roman Republic formed their version of a democracy to rival Greece. Both societies used democracy as a way to band their people together‚ and become stronger republics. There are many similarities and differences between the political systems of Rome and Greece. Both systems had in place
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According to Hewitt (2011) “the European Union’s finest hour was when it stood as a beacon for democracy‚ the rule of law and a civil society and enticed the peoples of Eastern Europe to embrace freedom.” Despite such a rich tradition of democracy‚ the burning question which has been recurrently on the lips of renowned academics and political thinkers/actors is whether or not Britain is facing a crisis in democracy‚ with some responding to this question in the affirmative. It has therefore been argued by
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ruled by dictatorship hidden by democracy. Basically‚ the whole governmental system is controlled by Hugo Chavez and his own party. The problems that exist are foot shortage‚ privatization of recourses(such as oil) and economic issues. The voice of people can’t be heard. Many evidences tells that Venezuela is actually a dictatorship country‚ not a democracy country as it seems. President Hugo Chavez had control of the election in Venezuela. 2 The government was trying to control the people
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