Political parties
A people-centered government is called a democracy. The most people-centered government is called a direct democracy, where people decide on policy measures directly. This works best in smaller situations. Modern democracies are typically an indirect democracy, or representative democracy, where elected officials represent a group of people. This is more practical when a citizenry has a large population.
Elite Theory.
Machiavelli's theory of government is called Kyklos. This is a cyclical government that rotates from democracy to aristocracy to monarchy and then ochlocracy to oligarchy to tyranny and finally anarchy.
A people-centered government is called a democracy. The most people-centered government is called a direct democracy, where people decide on policy measures directly. This works best in smaller situations. Modern democracies are typically an indirect democracy, or representative democracy, where elected officials represent a group of people. This is more practical when a citizenry has a large population.
The theory of Democracy or the rights of people to govern themselves.
The theory of Democracy or the rights of people to govern themselves.
The traditional assumption about democracy is that it imposes strict checks on arbitrary power. Therefore, representative democracy should be, in theory, a limited government.
Could be an indirect democracy with a social contract theory.
An Economic Theory of Democracy was created in 1957.
Federal Republic. The Founders had a different conception of and generally disliked democracy.
Iceland has a government of democracy.
democracy is a government ruled by the people.