It was the model of a democracy for its citizens but not for others. It was not a model for freedom as it allowed slavery and the buying and selling of slaves for any purpose.
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the first and only form of true democracy.
Freedom denotes:ResponsibilityRespecting freedom of othersFreedom limits are the freedom of othersEqual human rightsParticipating effectively in selecting your representativesReal and true democracy
In political science there is no clearly defined term as "true democracy".If you wish to ask whether Ancient Athens was a direct democracy, i.e. where every resolution was approved by popular referendum as opposed to through elected representatives, then, Yes. However, the rest of Greece was not democratic and ruled by monarchs, autocrats, or oligarchs.If you wish to ask whether Ancient Athens provided suffrage to all people and allowed full freedom of expression, of course not. The voting population in Athens was less than 10% of the overall population since only ethnic Athenian property-owning males were allowed to vote. Women, children, slaves, foreigners, and other large segments of the population were not allowed to vote. Additionally, there were no established human rights and there were blasphemy laws and other similar institutions in Hellenic Greece and Athens in particular.
Yes, Athens was the birth place of democracy.
The first country to establish participatory democracy is the United States of America. The second country do this too was France. They're not really a true democracy but there isn't any country, today nor has there ever been (except for Greece that had votes for every single issue that came up), with a true, full democracy. Although, the first civilization to have a democracy was Greece. Athens was the first city-state to establish a participatory democracy.
In true democracy people have right to vote and true democracy involves people rights . A true democracy is place where the citizenry is actively involved in the process of governance and civil society.
Sparta was cool. they killed people. Athens was a bunch of panzies. While they did kill people, they also were the first direct democracy. ^^ Not entirely helpful, but sadly true. In Sparta they had what we'd call a Constitutional Monarchy. This means that the King of Sparta would basically be a figure-head for the people to rally around; he didn't have any real power (except in wars I think). Athens however was the origins of Democracy. In Athens though they practised Direct Democracy, which is the citizens of Athens going and voting on particular issues themselves instead of having MPs, or Senators doing it for them. In most countries that have a Democracy, there is a Representative Democracy which involves voting a person to represent you in the government/parliament/senate. So... Sparta = Constitutional Monarchy Athens = Direct Democracy
The main criticism of ancient Athenian democracy is the limitations Athenian law placed upon who could be considered a citizen. The only Athenians who were considered full citizens were Athens-born men of at least 18 years of age. And to be considered Athens-born, both of one's parents had to have been citizens. But while women could be considered citizens, they had no voice in the Assembly, and no real rights within the democracy. Furthermore, slaves had no voice whatsoever in the Athenian democracy.