2006-12-20 22:07:14 · 6 answers · asked by ? 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Democracy is intended to mean "government by people and for people" but it seems that no one understand what it really is. Government can be said of two kinds, the government as a group of persons and the government as a system. Though all members in the government as a group of persons, the rulers, are mostly the top people, yet, they understand democracy only very little. The democracy they understand is only the first tiny step, the "by people" things. This first step is very short; people mark their ballot papers and put them in boxes. The rest of democracy, the "for people" things, would be usually left amid the traditional bureaucracy of the government as a system. The rulers will do "for people" things only when the stability of their power is concerned. I have been with democracy all my live but found only that the governments as groups of persons would know very well that democracy was the government by people but they all assumed that it was eventually for themselves. I might be a narrow-minded. I have never been to anywhere outside my country.
2006-12-21 00:24:19 · answer #1 · answered by Dumkerng T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
2 : a political unit that has a democratic government
3 capitalized : the principles and policies of the Democratic party in the United States
4 : the common people especially when constituting the source of political authority
5 : the absence of hereditary or arbitrary class distinctions or privileges
2006-12-20 22:09:32 · answer #2 · answered by imalickyouallover69 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
free and equal representation of people: the free and equal right of every person to participate in a system of government, often practiced by electing representatives of the people by the people
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2006-12-20 22:10:37 · answer #3 · answered by Kenz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
2006-12-21 00:45:45 · answer #4 · answered by weiting123 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In short, it is the govt. for the people, by the people and of the people.
It is the form of Govt. in which people choose who will lead them.
2006-12-21 02:34:19 · answer #5 · answered by Nirajan R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"For the People By The People"
Although as you can see, we dont really get to do much choosing
2006-12-20 23:39:27 · answer #6 · answered by Jessica H. 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋