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2006-11-02 18:47:53 · 9 answers · asked by Meghan B 1 in Politics & Government Government

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Democracy means more than fair elections that represent the will of the people.

There are many definitions of democracy.

Here are a few definitions:

DEMOCRACY
•Popular will; Rule by the people
•Equal citizenship rights
•Social contract among the people
•Popular rule express and encourage to autonomy
•Consist of moral compromise
•Participation, election, liberties, check and balances

There are six types of democracy:

1- Schumpeterian democracy
Democracy as “ that institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of competitive struggle for people’s vote.

2- Populist democracy - Popular will are:
•Free speech, press and assocation necessary for political freedom
•The rule of law, arbitary will of public officials
•Formal voling equality

3- Lıberal democracy
He indicates basic to idea of free and equal human beings:
•freedom of speech, press, assocation and religion
•right to property, freedom to vote,
•hold public office and arbitary arrest.
Liberal democracy contradicts tyrany of popular will; therefore, ıt encourages individuals. İndividuals are rather than whole. So, liberal democracy underlines check and balances and seperation of power for liberty.

4- Participation democracy
It offers greater opportunities for citizens to participate direct in politics rather than indirect. So, it is called direct democracy which first used in encien Greece. Switzerland currently has the only Direct Democracy in the world.

5- Social democracy
It tries to bring democracy into public life. Specifically, ıt considers family intercourse. For example, women and children rights in family, support family income in order to growth health children such as establishing child care center. Also, ıt gives democratic rights for workers. Workers have the right to participate in decisions in factory. As a result, social democracy is welfare state democracy.

6- Deliberative democracy
Deliberative democracy offers an aswer that integrates the populist and liberal ideas in order to dicuss an issue and find a solution. So, ıt encourages public deliberation an issues that are best understood through open , delibarete processes. While majority popular will gets to express their will, it also gives the minority the opportunity to express their feelings. It prevents minority rights from the majority tyranny because, ıts aim is to make a common decision.

2006-11-02 19:00:33 · answer #1 · answered by BeachBum 7 · 2 1

permit's think of approximately it this way. Democracy is the terrific ideology for political organization. yet being a "Democratic" government would not make it democratic quickly. . vote casting device is just one side of a democratic device. There are extra, like adequate media watch, government transparency, channels of reflective opinion and adjustment, tolerance and justice interior the concepts of the inhabitants, etc. we are in basic terms continuously adhering to democratic concepts and we are nevertheless interior the approach in improving the implementation. that would take time, genious, training, etc. And on a similar time as we are nevertheless perfecting our device, imposing our way of "democracy" to different international places could be going a very incorrect course from it. so as you communicate of, in basic terms permit China, India, Iraq, and different coming up international places do their very own job, as long as they do no longer look to be coming up humanitarian disaster. (yet meanwhile we seems to forget approximately precisely those places that humanitarian disaster is going on) particular their people could be suffering at situations, yet using fact the French revolution it took us 2 hundred+ years and 2 international wars to get this some distance, and as of immediately we nevertheless cant quit our very own government to make a mistake the Afghans and the Iraqis. So why no longer supply them some extra time and tolerance.

2016-10-21 04:41:17 · answer #2 · answered by casaliggi 4 · 0 0

A true democracy is where there are no such things as representatives or parliamentarians. It's where people vote directly on issues without giving that tedious job to elected representatives. If you consider how overwhelming it would be for the citizenry to vote for so many things, it would be an impossible task. It's an incredibly inefficient way to carry out a governmental administration (if the population in question is of any decent size).

2006-11-02 18:55:45 · answer #3 · answered by Brian 3 · 1 1

These are:the rule of law, human& democratic rights, the sovereignty power of the people, free, fair& periodic election, majority rule & minority rights.

2006-11-03 00:53:56 · answer #4 · answered by Berhane Gebreyesus Habtu 4 · 0 0

http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/principles/index.htm

2006-11-02 18:51:19 · answer #5 · answered by Twisted Maggie 6 · 0 0

"by the people, for the people, of the people"

2006-11-02 18:52:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Everybody lies everybody and the ones who fall.

2006-11-02 19:10:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

democratic government?!? huh....i forgot what that was like, we haven't experienced it for a long time, but it is time for a comeback!!! America needs change... ... ....NOW!!!

2006-11-02 19:00:45 · answer #8 · answered by jamesagambrell 2 · 1 1

When we get ours back we can talk about it.

2006-11-02 18:57:30 · answer #9 · answered by hznfrst 6 · 0 1

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