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He converted it into a radical democracy where the citizens in fortnightly assembly made the decisions and the Council of 500 implemented them. The juries in the law courts made the decisions on guilt and penalties - there were no judges or lawyers interfering.
Direct democracy.
It was direct democracy - the citizens met in fortnightly assembly and decided on issues, which decisions were implemented by the council. Today's democracies are representative democracies - citizens elect members of parliament to direct government.
During the radical democracy period, government was by the assembly of the adult male citizens, who directed on everything. The council carried out its decisions.
It was direct democracy - the citizens met in fortnightly assembly and decided on issues, which decisions were implemented by the council. Today's democracies are representative democracies - citizens elect members of parliament to direct government.
The limited democracy of Cleisthenes 507 BCE had an assembly of landowners where they could address the assembly. During the radical democracy period, only the citizens had the right to speak in assembly.
Those approved by the assembly of the people (adult males)..
It was a direct democracy, that is the decisions were made by the assembly of the adult male citizens, who met fortnightly and dealt with problems and submissions by the Council, which then implemented them.
According to the ancient historian Thucydides, Pericles strong-armed the democracy into his own power, essentially making Athens a democracy in name only.
Cleisthenes is referred to as the father of Athenian democracy. He reduced the power of the Athenian nobility and gave it to the people by creating an assembly for people to vote and discuss state politics.
The council of 500, the assembly, and the courts. They did not have the senate! Source was Wikipedia :)
Athens was a direct democracy - the citizens in fortnightly assembly decided and the Council carried out the decisions. In the US, an elected Congress decides, not necessarily doing the things the citizens want.