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Democracy

Democracy is a type of government characterized by a "rule of the people." In most democracies, citizens are equal and have the ability to vote for their political leaders.

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What are two types of democracy?

The two types of democracy are direct democracy and representative democracy. In a direct democracy, the government is composed of the citizens, who all vote on any issue that may arise. In a representative democracy, the citizens elect people to represent them, and then their elected representatives form a government and act on behalf of the people who elected them.

What are the characteristics that make a government a true democracy?

At the most basic level, political scientists often ascribe two properties to a functioning democracy: 1. the ability of the public to contest elections against the incumbent government, with significant suffrage; 2. that public action or opinion can and does influence the actions of the government.

What is a narco democracy?

Using drug trade to fund government; relationship between politics and drug cartel

Was Roman democracy true democracy?

No, the rich people wanted to get rid of the kings so they decided to get rid of them, but they couldn't do it on their own, so they decided to get the poor men to do it for them. But the poor men wanted something in return, so the rich people said ok, if you fight for us we wil give you power, so the poor men said yes to the rich people and they went to fight. When the fight was over and the poor men had won, the poor men went to ask for their power but instead the rich people didn't want to give them any power. And blah blah blah.

Who are the oldest representative democracy in the world can be found where?

the oldest Representative democracy in the world is..................

Japan

its true folks

Who is the creator of democracy?

Democracy goes back to ancient Greece and was defined by Aristotle as the "rule of many." A government, by this definition, is democratic if all, or most, of the citizens take part in the government or make policy for the government. This is also known as participatory democracy. Some of the citizens are elected officials, some are appointed, and some do the voting. In Greece in the 4th Century BC, such a government developed. True democracy was possible then because of the Greek city-state, or polis, being small in size and small in population. MrV The start of democracy is generally attributed to Cleisthenes, an Athenian noble. He came up with this, not for a moral concious, but to beat his Spartan backed political opponent by appealing to the masses. SECOND OPINION: Many people call the USA a "democracy," but it is NOT. The United States id a REPUBLIC. (I pledge Allegiance to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.) WE do, however, apply the "Democratic Voting process" to our Law-making.

Which ideology would support democracy?

Democracy refers to a system of government. The term itself is an ideology.

What person thought of democracy'?

It was a number of people who believed in a democracy and formed what we know as america today.

Why is direct democracy impractical in the US today?

it's impractical because the U.S is a large country, and that makes it representative democracy.

What is a hybrid democracy?

A perfect example of a hydrid democracy is the United States of America

What is developmental democracy?

developemental democracy means where all member's of country gather together to take the decision

Countries that are a direct democracy that begin with the letter s?

Direct democracies do not exist in the modern world. A direct democracy requires the citizens to meet regularly to determine laws and make decisions. This might be ok in a tiny state where it was feasible for the citizens to assemble regularly, but would not work in today's world, so we have representative democracy where elected members of a parliament do it for the constituents who elect them.

The first direct democracy Athens was a city-state, and it was feasible for the citizens to assemble each fortnight to make laws and make other decisions in assembly. Hoeever it didn't work - the people were led astray by cunning orators, and their good decisions were outweighed by their rash and bad decisions. We have learnt from this, and accept that the parliamentary system is more likely to provide mature and workable governance in a complex and larger world of countries, not small city-states.

What is an indirect democracy?

A form of government in which all laws are created by the vote of a representative body. This representative body is elected by people or is elected by another representative body which is in turn elected by the people.

Do people vote in a democracy?

Generally, no. The United States does not make voting compulsory. Of the developed democracies, Australia seems to be the most important exception, being a democracy with mandatory voting. Other countries including Fiji, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Egypt, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and more have required voting with varying degrees of enforcement.

Most democracies allow a voter to hand in a blank ballot or a spoiled ballot, rather than actually vote.