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There are a number of problems associated with running a direct democracy, including voter apathy and the ability of a majority to remove the civil rights.
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How was Athenian democracy from democracy in the world today?
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.
How Athenian democracy different from democracy in the world today?
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.
How was Athenians democracy different from democracy in the world today?
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.
Is there many democracies today?
false
What are direct democracies?
Canada and china are democracies
What are some direct democracies?
canada and china are democracies
Are most of the countries democracies today?
Yes, but only formal democracies.
Two types of democracies?
The two types of democracies are direct democracies, or pure democracies, and indirect democracies, or more often referred to as representative democracies. The two differ in their distribution of political power; in a direct democracy, political power is held by all citizens of the state and in an indirect democracy, political power is held by an elect group of citizens.
Where is there direct democracy in the world today?
I don't think you will find many, IF ANY, pure democracies today (were there every any?). You will find it in practice in different levels of government on a small scale, but that's about it. California has a system of dir. dem. in place, but it has many short comings.
How do direct democracies function?
A Democracy in which the people get to vote on a representative for them.
How is the Athenian system different than ours today?
The Atheians had direct democracy - the citizens met in fortnightly assembly and voted on issues. Modern democracies are representative democracies - citizens elect members to vote on their behalf in a parliament. Both have their strengths and weaknesses, but the size of most modern democracies prohibits citizens attending regular meetings.
Did people in Athens have a full democracy?
It was direct democracy - far fuller than today's representative democracies. The citizens met in fortnightly assembly and made decisions on all matters before them. These decisions were implemented by the Council without question. In today's representative democracies, elected members of parliaments can do what they like until the next election.
