Direct democracy

the world of government as we know it. The ancient Greeks have influenced our own governments with their different governments, democracy, and views. There were many different governments back in the ancient times; the Greeks personally had four main governments. “The Greek philosopher Aristotle divided Greek governments in monarchies, oligarchies, tyrannies, and democracies, and most historians still use these same divisions.” (Government…

Nicaragua is the second poorest country in Latin America and has had a difficult path to democracy characterized by the ongoing struggles between generations of family dictatorship and civil war. Sean M. Lynn-Jones, an editor for the Belfer Center Studies in Harvard university, defined contemporary democracy as having several common elements. First, democracies are countries in which there are institutional mechanisms that allow the people to choose their leaders. Second, prospective leaders…

The United States is a democracy which means, it is a system of government where members ruled directly. Democracy is important to the U.S because this form of government provides freedom to its citizens. This form of government encourages political parties and interest groups to help with the policymaking process. A political party is a group of political people who operate the government with elections and determine public policy. Public policy is unwritten principles in regards to social…

created a democratic state, and over the next two centuries, this democracy has become a global superpower known as the United States of America. Sadly, many Middle Eastern nations are under autocratic rule, and thus face severe human rights violations. Just as the Revolutionary Americans received assistance from the French to free themselves from the shackles of tyranny, there exists an obligation for the United States to promote democracy in the Middle East. Not only will it benefit…

Differences between Greek and Western thinkers Ancient Greece, along with Rome are believed to be the founders of democracy. The government of Athens, Greece was allegedly the foundation to the governments we practice today. However, some of the prominent Greek Thinkers, such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, were actually strongly against democracy. In Why Socrates Dies: Dispelling the Myths, Robin Waterfield observes some differences between some of the Greek thinkers, including Socrates and…

The Democracy in The U.S. “Demoskratis”, from Greek “people hold power”, also known in modern English as Democracy, is a term used in politics to define the liberty of individuals to exercise their equal power within a society. While many believe that a developed society is a democratic society, it is not always true; in fact, many of so-called “developed countries” do not share equal power and opportunities among the population, which is one of the key aspect of the Democracy. Among these…

since a form of democracy is included in the Roman Constitution, it means that they believed that a good government was one in which the people had a voice. Document 7, an excerpt from Parallel Lives, written by Greek biographer Plutarch, states that Theseus designed a great city and believed there should be no king, and power should be divided evenly amongst the people (Doc 7). Athens, the city-state that Theseus is said to be the founder of, does develop a functioning direct democracy system…

The function of a constitution in a democracy is to limit the power of government from infringing on the rights of the people, states, and different branches of government. It sets forth the basic rights of a citizen: life, liberty, right to property, and pursuit of happiness. It also has the fundamentals to establish responsibility for the government to protect those basic rights. It can also serve as a limitation on how those in government may use their power, with consideration that they must…

2. The interlinkage between democracy and human rights The internationalization of democracy and human rights since World War II is an achievement of great proportions and significance. However, while human rights are regularly seen as universally applicable, not all see the rights-based democracy as the most appropriate form of government for all peoples (LANGLOIS A. J., 2003, p. 990). Some observers have suggested that one way to promote an international human rights regime, while…

How effectively does representative democracy operate in the UK Democracy in the UK has many operative strengths claimed on its behalf. Proposed legislation in the UK can be processed through parliament very quickly due to no separation of powers, this is because there is a majority in the house of commons of the winning party members who can get their party whips to convince others to vote in a certain way in their favour. In 2001 when the Labour party had a majority in parliament of 165 seats…