In ancient Greece Greeks were able to vote in an assembly or by a law making group.In ancient Greece Democracy meant all citizens shared power in some ancient Greek city-states
Yes, ancient Athens was an example of a direct democracy. Citizens voted on all issues of public policy.
It is not similar - theirs was an experiment in direct democracy, that is an assembly of the people made all the decisions and a council carried them out. This proved to be unworkable, and today we have representative democracy where elected politicians represent the people and do the work of governing.
The city-state of Athens in Ancient Greece
We learnt the their model of direct democracy did not work. The gullible people were led astray by demagogues which led to great loss for the people. Our modern representative democracy, for all it's faults, puts a space between poor or self-interested leadership and impulsive action by the people.
In a direct democracy, anyone can participate in the government. But in a representative democracy, you must be elected.
In a direct democracy, anyone can participate in the government. But in a representative democracy, you must be elected.
In a direct democracy, anyone can participate in the government. But in a representative democracy, you must be elected.
No, I don't think direct democracy would work today. I say this because democracy comes with high costs and high risks resulting to conflict and riots.
They did household work. They were in charge of taking care of their children. Women had a sorry life in Ancient Greece.
kids in ancient Greece often did house work like collecting water.
Men who had a job