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In what systems is government by representatives of the people instead of directly by the people themselves?
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What kind of government did Athens build?
direct democracy: a government in which citizens rule directly instead of through representatives.
What government has the people themselves rather than representatives make governmental decisions in a?
A pure democracy has the people themselves making decisions by majority vote. When representatives of those people are used instead of the people themselves, it is a republican form of government.
What were the earliest forms of democracy?
The first known example of democracy was in Ancient Athens, where they had a direct democracy where instead of electing representatives the people represented themselves.
What is a derect democracy?
Direct democracy is when the voters themselves hold the power. For instance, instead of having one person (a representative) present an idea to the governing body, regular people themselves propose bills and then vote on it, instead of having a group of representatives propose and vote on bills.
What did the early government of the US have in common with ancient governments?
Nothing. We are talking about different historical periods, different societies and different institutions. In the ancient days there were kings and emperors, which the US do not have. When there was democracy, it was different. It was direct democracy, whereas the US and other modern democracies use indirect democracy. Direct democracy means that instead of electing representatives to vote on laws, people voted on bills themselves (directly) by gathering in popular assemblies to vote.
Which party would like government to watch and monitor big businesses instead of allowing big business to police themselves?
idependent
Who rules in a direct democracy?
In a direct democracy, the citizens themselves rule and make decisions collectively on public policy matters through processes like referendums and town hall meetings. There are no representatives or intermediaries making decisions on behalf of the people.
What kind of government did the citizens of Athens Greece live under?
Athens, Greece was one of the birthplaces of democracy. Athenian democracy was a direct democracy in which every citizen voted directly on issues of importance, rather than electing representatives to vote for them.
How were most electric housewares and fans sold by the early 2000s?
By the early 2000s little product was sold directly from the manufacturer to the consumer. Instead, manufacturers sold to mass distribution networks on a wholesale basis, using account representatives
What is a republic kind of gov?
The United States of America has a republic type of government. It's a type of democracy but not a direct democracy not everyone votes on subjects instead we have a small number of representatives that vote for us, that is a Republic.
When representatives met in Philadelphia in May of 1787 they were to revise what document?
It was NOT the Declaration of Independence they met to revise, but the Articles of Confederation. They were supposed to modify the Confederation; instead they came up with an entirely new government, described in the Constitution.
Is Argentina a democracy country?
It's government is technically a republic, which means the citizens themselves do not govern the country (which is true democracy). In republics, citizens exercise their power through voting for people to represent them. The representatives they elect will make decisions/ govern the country for them. True democracy, in fact, rarely exists, and many countries choose instead to be a form of republic democracies.
