Direct democracy

reduce governmental cost, I believe internet voting should not be incorporated into democracy because it perpetuates a stronger bias in the results sustaining an economic classes where only citizens with the economic means to afford internet are able to participate in the electoral process. First this paper will support Froma Harrop argument against internet voting in her article, “Why Internet is Bad for Democracy”, by accentuating the negative repercussions to internet…

Our founders distrusted direct democracy, and prefered a representative form of government because direct democracy gives too much power to the majority; ensuring that the general will, will always prevail. Even The Articles of confederation, a form of government that favored general will over the federal government so much so the federal government had so little power, it couldn't even get the states to pay their war debts, was not a direct democracy. England was a representative government…

poleis in between both which, even though belittled by Sparta and Athens, triumphed in creating their own governmental structures. There were five main types of governmental structures in Ancient Greece; Monarchy, Aristocracy, Tyranny, Oligarchy, and Democracy. In the following, we will go through the individualistic characteristics that make each governmental system unique or similar. Monarchy Governments that are ruled by a single king or queen is called a monarchy. The king and queen usually…

why it is called a democracy (Document 3). Pericles was a wise and able statesman that led Athens during its golden age. He introduced direct democracy to Athens. In document 3, “As for social standing, advancement is open to everyone, according to ability...” Pericles describes democracy where everyone had an equal opportunity to advance and serve their country. However, everyone was also expected to participate in civic affairs regardless of their social position. Democracy has spread…

The United States was founded on the basis of representative democracy. We vote officials into office that we trust to make legislation for the people. They do their best as leaders to take into account the wants and needs of the constituents. Although many people feel as if the use of direct democracy can help the constituents be happy and get what they want. However, the use of ballot initiatives are not the best option due to the fact that they will result in a mess in the American political…

The similarities between Athenian and American Democracy Once a writer said, “History is not the past, but a map of the past drawn from a particular point of view to be useful to the modern traveler”(Glassie). History is a source of information that people can look up to for the modern time. History can also help to solve problems which would not be possible without it. Moreover, if people look into history there were society which created law and values that lead to the modern society. For…

DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY AND MULTICULTURALISM Democracy is one of the most controversial concepts (issues) in social sciences. It means very roughly ‘’sovereignty of people’’. In this frame, democracy emphasizes that power is in the hands of the people. Democracy can be different from society to society (people to people). The root of the word of democracy means ‘’ people’s power (sovereignty)’’. It is originally comes from Greek. ‘’Demos’’ means people, ‘’kratos’’ means power. Democracy is the…

Electoral College to allow the popular to have a direct impact on the polls, meaning one vote equals one vote period (Lilly 2012). The Electoral College is so dangerous because it creates a false sense of hope for people to believe that they are living and working under a fair set of rules. People are more likely to follow the rules and laws voluntarily when they believe that their voice is being heard. Procedural justice impacts American democracy and has an active role in the political process…

The Roman Republic The Roman Constitution had three elements, each of them owned individualistic powers, and each of them shared their power so well that they didn’t know what to say if whether the constitution is an aristocracy, democracy, or tyranny. The Consuls known as “magistrates” advantaged the military and are the ultimate masters of the government. The Senate proposed laws and had the control of the money and other valuable things. The constitution made a list or categories of who could…

to organize their people. The Athenians, Sparta, and later the Roman Republic are examples of early forms of democracy. There where many systems of government in history some being oligarchy, monarchy aristocracy, and many others with slight variations. Why and how did democracy grow to such popularity, and how has democracy changed since its creation. The exact date of when democracy was first used in society is unknown but historians estimate it is approximately 500 BC in Athens Greece.…