Democracy

Politics is the barometer of social and ethical changes in American society. As of June 2015,the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide and confirmed the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) for the second time, while the "Citizens United" decision now allows unlimited corporate and foreign cash donations to politicians. Prayer (or not) in schools remains a topic among the GOP. Politics brings all these to the forefront for national debate, as well as helping control and direct the money necessary to win elections and project power and authority.

o When trade offs have to be made, right is chosen over might

o In the long run, right makes for might and that in the end interests such as peace and power are well served by principles

It was Athens, in ancient Greece. Democracy was limited to citizens (excluding women and slaves) and not everyone who lived there had the right to vote. Nevertheless, Athens practiced the first form of democracy anywhere.

The following countries are considered non-democratic or flawed democracies:

Bahrain

Belarus

Bhutan

Brunei

Burkina Faso

Cambodia

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Côte d'Ivoire

People's Republic of China

Cuba

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Fiji

Haiti

Iran

Iraq

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kuwait

Laos

Liberia

Libya

Malaysia

Morocco

Myanmar

North Korea

Oman

Qatar

Republic of the Congo

Russia

Rwanda

Saudi Arabia

Sudan

Syria

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uganda

Uzbekistan

Vatican City

Vietnam

Zimbabwe

The representatives which are elected to office.

How does direct democracy differ from reprecentative democracy

Democracy does not do anything "to the world". The world itself is not benefited nor harmed by democracy.

As for people, democracy benefits people by providing functional safeguards against human rights violations and politicians who are responsible to their constituencies.

Let us imagine a country as a huge family, with its commander in chief (The father). Serving along with him are those who are given certain responsibilities (The mother and older children). All council with each other as to be best way to train their troops (The children) in their individual responsibilities. A well trained army, commanded by wise commanders and loyal troops can defend their allotted areas (The home) without being told what to do. They know that their training over a certain period of time will stand them in good stead to be able to follow orders without question. In doing so their areas of responsibility will be safe guarded against all who try to invade their country and subject the population to servitude. (Outside influences trying to break up the family). A well trained army (Family) can face any danger with the knowledge that they will be the victors. An army is made up of well trained squads (Individual families) who know that their safety and that of the army as a whole, depends upon their obeying orders.

The city-state of Athens in Ancient Greece

No Pericles was a bad leader and abused his power to get what he wanted. He ostracised people who were against him and changed the citizen law so his half son could be come heir.

Under Pericles the economy thrived and the government became more democratic. Because of his skill and intelligence his time of rule is often known as the Age of Pericles. (He created direct democracy, jury, and stipend?

This is what i knew from World history book.

A democracy is a state that is run by the majority. Plato would argue that you couldn't build a "good democracy" since he believed that "A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers"

Ghandi form india

Shaing Kia-Shek from China

Aung San Suu Kyin from Burma

The only argument against Democracy is that it can be chaotic and its opposing parties can create political gridlock, but as Winston Churchill said, "Democracy is the worst possible form of government, except for every other kind."
The arguments for democracy include a government by the majority that enjoys the support of the majority, while the arguments against democracy include instability caused by changing regimes and political competition and power play at the expense of morality.

To prevent one person from gaining too much power, ancient Athens frequently cycled its offices and provided checks - restrictions on the power of one position by others.

i think it possible to change society because democracy have power that belonging by people if they do correct, can change if not also can chance. why dose it? there is one thing always sitting together that good and bad . both can change to every society .

youhave to know what are you doing and what can you do before taking a account is people who knows what they are doing.

DIFF

A) Athens has 500 councils

B)Women have social status but not political rights

SAME

A) No social classes (everyone is treated equal)

B)3 branches of goverment

C) Voting

No.

Direct democracy does not "scale" - that is, it requires the citizens themselves to directly vote on all issues before the government. As such, it cannot work efficiently for places with more than a few thousand citizens, at the very most.

The Philippines, like all other modern governments, uses elected representatives to avoid this problem. The Philippines itself is considered a representative democratic republic, specifically a "unitary presidential representative republic", in political science parlance.

no it was never perfect and it might not ever become perfect cause of money and fires and what ever else is happen

Canada is the largest democracy by territory. Only Russia, which is an illiberal democracy is a larger country.

An authentic democracy would be a form of government where every citizen would have an equal vote on every issue that is proposed.

This is a very large question that asks a reader to evaluate a complex political system for its merits. I assume you mean "representative democracy", such as the American system of government.

Merits of Representative Democracy:

- The non-elected citizen, who has the greatest to gain and most to lose in a political situation, has the right to determine, by popular vote, their elected leaders. A fair and open election process will guarantee the consent of the voters to be governed.

- The vote gives a citizen power to voice their opinions on a candidate or proposition, thereby meaningfully participating in the society as a whole.

- Representatives provide a citizenry with a specific voice in their government, thereby securing their interests in the legislative process. The representative who doesn't represent their constituency's interests can be voted out of office by that constituency.

- The citizen may petition the government or engage in public protest if they disagree or wish to change a particular part of their government.

- A representative government guarantee certain specific rights of the population. They are legally obligated to perform these duties under punishment of impeachment, imprisonment, or possibly execution (in the case of treason).

- The three branches of government (executive, legislative, and judicial) are balanced so that one branch may not have supreme power over the others. For example, the executive branch may veto a passed bill, but the Congress and Senate may override the veto, making it law. The judicial branch may review the law and find it to be unlawful or unconstitutional, and may strike the passed law down.

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