Democracy is an ideology that has been in the past and will continue to be analyzed and theorized. The basic ideas of democracy are rooted in the Greek words demos and kratein, and when combined form a definition of, “rule or government by the common people (Ball, Dagger, and O’Neill 18).” Coming into this class, I had an idea of what democracy is however, after completing the readings from Unit Two, my understanding of what a democracy is grew significantly. Theses readings enlarged my previous understanding of democracy in that I now understand the origins of democracy and the different theories that make up what democracy is. The four theories of democracy that I will be discussing in this essay have elements are similar to my beliefs as
