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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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How was Greek democracy different than our democracy?
It was direct democracy - the citizens in assembly made the decisions.
Ours is representative democracy - elected parliamentarians make decisions in parliament, not necessarily the ones we want.
When did Chinese authorities crush the pro-democracy movement?
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Why did Irish immigrants support the Democratic Party?
The party offered them social service and jobs.
What makes a republic different from a democracy-?
Citizens are expected to participate more actively in a democracy.
in a republic, citizens do not participate as directly.
What was the first denomination established?
The answer depends on the definition of "denomination".
Christians formed different kind of sects fairly early (Gnosticism).
"The church" was divided (Roman Cath. & Eastern Orthodox) in 1054. At the time, the churches didn't see each other's as "denominations"; the opposing side was simply "heretical".
In reformation, many protestant denominations were created. That's when the Catholic church had to start seeing itself as a denomination, as well, to define its teachings and policy.
Lutheranism became a separate movement in about 1530. The Church of England separated from the Catholic church in 1534.
What is the democratic debate?
It's when all the candidates that are running for president who are in the democratic party hae like a face-to-face thing where it goes on live tv and basically talks about the plans they might have in the future and comparing their ideas with the other candidates.
There are two fundamental principles of democracy: the majority rules, but the minority still has rights. The latter part is often ignored, however (as, for example, when the majority of voters in the state of California decided to deny same-sex couples the right to marry, after the courts had correctly ruled that same-sex marriages must be allowed, in order to give equal rights to everyone). Democracy works only to the extent that people make it work. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance. Answer 2:
Quoting the US Government on the subject (US Manual of Citizenship Training, v.1932) "A Democracy is mobocracy, rights are subjected to the will of the majority without any regard to the principles of law. That is why the United States was founded as a Republic, a Nation of Laws." Quoting Thomas Jefferson: "A Democracy is the ability of 51% of the people to vote away the rights of the other 49%"
The magna carta was important to the development of modern democracy because it?
placed legal restriction on ruler who had once held absolute power
Pericles.
What are the four pillars of democracy of India ppt slides?
Liberty, equality, justice and fraternity
When did the athenian democracy start?
Athenian democracy startes around 500 b.c. Athenian democracy startes around 500 b.c.
What is the oldest democracy in the Middle East?
The oldest republic in the Middle East is Turkey, which was founded in 1923.
Answer 2The oldest republic doesn't mean oldest democracy. UK and Sweden are based on kingdom and enjoy democracy.
From my own point of view the oldest democracy in the Muddle East is in Lebanon. Lebanon traditionally enjoyed a confessional democratic system. Indeed, Lebanon had prided itself on its democratic environment which sought to maintain a semblance of equity within its diverse population, and claims were made that within the country 'democracy and freedom are indispensable ingredient for a stable political system'. The Lebanese constitution that was written in 1926 was based on the French constitution and it secured equality and freedom among all its citizens. A large number of political parties, with very different ideologies, are active in Lebanon, but most of them form political alliances with other groups of similar interests. Even though certain high profile positions in the government and the seats in the parliament are reserved to specified sects, very strong competition between different party and independent candidates are usually expected in elections.
What countries use direct democracy?
No country that I'm aware of uses direct democracy as the only form of governing. Sometimes Republics let the people vote "yes" or "no" on a decision, and tend to go with whichever side got a majority - even do they don't have to and it has happened that governments have a popular vote but still don't listen to the majority. Letting the people vote on certain decisions is the closest to a direct democracy any country gets today.
What type of democracy is Uganda?
Uganda since 2005 has a so-called 'no party'-system: every Ugandan is supposed to be member of the "Movement" wich has replaced all the former parties. Each Ugandan can put himself/herself up for election to any public office purely on the basis of personal merit - and automatically on behalf of the Movement.
President Museveni has further done two things: he has made himself Chairman of the Movement, which of course gives him control over all cases of people putting themselves up for office; and he recently had the Constitution changed, removing the limitation on his being able to serve for only two terms of office.
So while this system formally speaking would probably be called a grass-roots, merit-driven democracy, others might call it a Presidential system with the president calling all the shots.
What regions of the world still do not have democracy?
Democracy is very rare on the continents of Africa and Asia (between these continents, you have over 100 countries and roughly a dozen are democracies). Democracy is present in Latin America in name, but in many cases, there is an extraordinary level of corruption, which derails the democracy. Democracy is only really present in Europe, North America, and Australia/Oceania.
How are the ancient Greek and the modern day form of democracy the same?
They are not. There was only one city state in ancient Greece (Athens) that was very briefly a very limited form of democracy (only freeborn upperclass men). All other city states of ancient Greece were kingdoms or other authoritarian government systems.
Why does democracy not work in Arab countries?
Contrary to Western notions, democracy is NOT voting for leaders; that is only one part of democracy. Just voting on leaders creates elected authoritarianism and majority-minority repression. There are a number of societal requisites that make democracy viable and many countries, including all Arab countries, lack these particular societal requisites.
Now, it must be noted that this is a question of current culture; it is not a racial claim. If Arabs are taught how to function in such a way that liberal norms prevailed, then democracy could work in Arab countries just as democracy works perfectly well in South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, all of which are Non-European countries.
1) Nationalism over Tribalism: There has to be a sense in the country that every group in the country is better off with everyone else in the country succeeding than failing. The benefits that accrue to one group of people should not be at the expense of all other populations in a debilitating way. Arabs tend to advocate for their particular ethnic, tribal, or religious grouping as opposed for the benefit of all people under the same flag.
2) Cross-Ethnic Civil Society: There has to be civil society organizations such as clubs, artist networks, political rights groups, and other similar organizations. But they must be united by cultural, philosophical, or humanitarian underpinnings as opposed to being a mechanism to foster tribalism. Arabs tend to only have civil society organizations that promote the divisions in their society such as political parties and religious groups.
3) Literate Population and Freedom of Speech/Press: Most people are only exposed verbally to positions that they already agree with and caricatures of positions that they do not agree with. As a result, being able to read and write exposes a person to opinions that completely disagree with their own opinion. This allows people to have different political beliefs than their families. Additionally, freedom must be granted to both express and actualize views contrary to those of the ruling coalition or the majority ethnic and religious groups. In Arab societies, there is a high degree of illiteracy and minimal education, especially among women. Additionally, individuals who disagree with the dominant popular vein are often jailed or tortured for their "seditious" views of wanting to discuss why they don't want a theocracy.
4) Laws Evenly Applied / Rule of Law: No person, by dint of their power or connections, can be treated in a better manner than others and no person, on account of their differing religion, ethnicity, or tribe, should be treated worse. All people must have the expectation that a wrongdoer will be punished regardless of whether he is a male or a female or Muslim or a Non-Muslim and that the police will actively jail individuals intending to perform recriminations. In the Arab World, connected people and male Muslims tend to have a superior position and are given a degree of free reign to bully other minorities into compliance.
5) Virtue of Compromise: This is probably most important. The goal of the political process must not be for one party to get everything it wants, but for every party to get enough of what it wants to be satisfied and to accept that as a valid resolution. Compromising and accepting less than what you wanted initially, is virtually non-existent in Arab circles.
The underlying principle of democracy is freedom, since only in a democracy the citizens can have a share in freedom. In essence, he argues that this is what every democracy should make its aim. There are two main aspects of freedom: being ruled and ruling in turn, since everyone is equal according to number, not merit, and to be able to live as one pleases.
Because this givesamericans the ability to vote and be and do anything we want to do unless it's against the law then you go to jail or get the ticket
In colonial politics what kept political life from being more truly democratic?
The majority of the early colonies were actually business ventures, supported with capital from the companies that were willing to take the risk. This created a conflict between those sent on behalf of the company and the other settlers. In most cases the company won, at least in the early years. And the crown kept their finger in the mix, making demands and requiring taxes.
In what respects was Jacksonian democracy more democratic than Jeffersonian democracy?
One way in which Jacksonian democracy was more democratic than Jeffersonian democracy is that it attempted to broaden the average person's involvement with government. Followers also advocated that judges be elected rather than appointed.
In those Greek city-states with direct democracies, they were small enough for the citizens to walk to fortnightly assemblies where they deciided on all issues and the council carried them out between meetings. That worked for a small population and area.
Modern countries are much larger and more populous so this just wouldn't work (even Singapore couldn't do it - Monaco could). So we have representative democracies where a few people are elected to a parliament to represent the people. The problem is that they end up representing their own interests and political parties, not their electors, which is causing the decline in modern democracy.
