what are the 4 pillars of democracy?

Question

i presume one pillar of democracy is considered MEDIA and another is JUDICIERY. am i right ? what are the other 2 ?

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_(varieties)

Main article: Direct democracy

Direct democracy, classically termed pure democracy[1], is any form of government based on a theory of civics in which all citizens can directly participate in the decision-making process. Some adherents want legislative, judicial, and executive powers to be handled by the people, but most extant systems only allow legislative decisions.

Modern direct democracy, as it functions within representative democracy, is characterised by three pillars:

* Initiative
* Referendum including binding referenda
* Recall

The second pillar can include the ability to hold a binding referendum on whether a given law should be scrapped. This effectively grants the populace a veto on government legislation. The third pillar gives the people the right to recall elected officials by petition and referendum.

Switzerland provides the strongest example of modern direct democracy, as it exhibits the first two pillars at both the local and federal levels. In the past 120 years more than 240 initiatives have been put to referendum. The populace has been conservative, approving only about 10% of the initiatives put before them; in addition, they have often opted for a version of the initiative rewritten by government.

Another distinctive example comes from the United States, where, despite being a federal republic where no direct democracy exists at the federal level, over half the states (and many localities) provide for citizen-sponsored ballot initiatives (also called "ballot measures", "ballot questions" or "propositions") and the vast majority of the states have either initiatives and/or referenda.

With the advent of the Internet, there have been suggestions for e-democracy, which comprises various mechanisms for implementing direct democracy concepts.

Answer 2

Yah I think there is only there and Media isn't one of them. Media is just a form of free speach. I am pretty sure they are
Executive, Legalative, Judical