Decisions made by non-elected officials in a democracy can be taken through agencies or bodies that are appointed to oversee specific areas such as regulatory agencies or advisory committees. These non-elected officials are often experts in their respective fields and provide recommendations to elected officials who make the final decisions. Transparency, accountability, and checks and balances are essential to ensure that decisions made by non-elected officials align with democratic principles.
Public policy refers to the decisions and actions taken by government officials to address specific societal issues, such as healthcare reform or environmental protection.
The defining right of a representative democracy is the ability of citizens to elect individuals to represent them in decision-making processes and governance. This allows for the voices and interests of the people to be heard and taken into account in the functioning of the government.
Democracy was basically started off in Athens during the Classical Period (c.478-336 BC) in the city state (polis). Athenian democracy can be traced back to the reforms of Solon (584BC) who was a political leader and poet. He introduced a 4 stage citizan class system based on agriculture. Citizens qualified by virtue of birth and by landownership. Basically the more land you owned the more power you had, and only property owners could hold office in the public service during the time of Solon.
Democracy may have failed due to political instability, corruption, or economic crises, which led to a desire for strong leadership and stability. Authoritarian militarism may have taken its place because it promised order, security, and a sense of control over the situation. Additionally, military leaders may have exploited the situation to consolidate power and suppress dissent.
The framers established a republican form of government to address concerns about the potential for tyranny of the majority in a direct democracy. By electing representatives, they aimed to balance popular sovereignty with the protection of minority rights. This system also allowed for more efficient decision-making and governance over large and diverse populations.
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== == One view Democracy is a government in which all the people that have come of age in a country can vote to elect their representatives. So, in other words the people make the decisions. It is a fair and equal treatment of everyone in an organization. vmdivndv Another view I believe the previous answer is misleading because it confuses voting with decision making. The only time the citizens of a democracy make any decisions (apart from who gets elected) is when they are consulted in a referendum. In Switzerland, most legislation is decided in this way. In almost every other democracy, this is not the case. Decisions are made by the government, not the people who elected the government. The exact process of decision making is determined by the governance structure of the democracy. Thus some democracies are highly centralised, with few decisions left to local governance structures, while others are decentralised and allow considerable autonomy to local decision makers. In almost every democracy, who makes the decision is very often determined by the nature of the decision to be made. Thus a decison to go to war will often be made by the highest, most centralised institution of governance in the democracy, while a decsion to repair a certain stretch of road will normally be taken by a local council.
== == One view Democracy is a government in which all the people that have come of age in a country can vote to elect their representatives. So, in other words the people make the decisions. It is a fair and equal treatment of everyone in an organization. vmdivndv Another view I believe the previous answer is misleading because it confuses voting with decision making. The only time the citizens of a democracy make any decisions (apart from who gets elected) is when they are consulted in a referendum. In Switzerland, most legislation is decided in this way. In almost every other democracy, this is not the case. Decisions are made by the government, not the people who elected the government. The exact process of decision making is determined by the governance structure of the democracy. Thus some democracies are highly centralised, with few decisions left to local governance structures, while others are decentralised and allow considerable autonomy to local decision makers. In almost every democracy, who makes the decision is very often determined by the nature of the decision to be made. Thus a decison to go to war will often be made by the highest, most centralised institution of governance in the democracy, while a decsion to repair a certain stretch of road will normally be taken by a local council.
The National Socialist Party, like all socialist parties was elected but for those countries being taken over there was no hope of democracy, no hope of freedom, only fascist rule. It was about democracy vs fascism.
Democracy is a system where decisions taken by the system are voted on by individual members of the system or their elected representatives. The "social" side of social democracy refers to the provision of universally-provided social welfare services, where the government runs social programs such as government administered pensions, Health care, unemployment insurance, welfare or other social safety net programs. Social Democracy is a system that combines both government regulation and some public ownership of areas of the economy that can be small, vast or somewhere between. This is a decision for the democracy side of social democracy. Bruce Campbell Canada
Opinion polls are an attempt to accurately measure the opinion of the public on an issue. They vary in quality depending on how and when they are taken and the questions they ask. Officials use them to help guide their decisions and please the public. Sometimes they use them to justfy their decisions. In this case, the questions are usually slanted to produce the answer they want.
All countries ruled by monarchs have slightly different systems, however MOST of them are parliamentary democracies, with decisions taken by elected representatives.
They developed a radical democracy where all citizens met in assembly fortnightly to direct the council on actions to be taken. This is practicable only in a small state where citizens can cover the distance to vote in person. With our large states today this is impracticable, so we have representative democracy where elected representatives meet in a parliament to carry out the wishes of the people.
Oaths are taken by government officials according to article 6.
Switzerland is a confederation which means most of the day-to-day decisions are taken by the 'Canton' governments. The Swiss government really only makes decisions on things like defence and external affairs.
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The Framers knew the direct and pure form of democracy and they feared that the emotional decisions taken by the populace; which is called unrestricted Majority Rule; may violate the individual rights. Therefore they chose the republic form of government in which the people choose individuals to represent them and transform their will into rational and reasonable decisions. after many amendment in the US constitution the government became a democratic republic.. or what we can call "representative or liberal democracy".A republic as opposed to a pure democracy