democracy

Examples of democracy in the following topics:

• Democratic Governments

  • Several variants of democracy exist, but there are two basic forms, both of which concern how the whole body of citizens executes its will: direct democracy and representative democracy .
  • Direct democracy is a form of democracy in which people vote on policy initiatives directly.
  • Two leading forms of direct democracy are participatory democracy and deliberative democracy.
  • The earliest known direct democracy is said to be the Athenian Democracy in the 5th century BCE, although it was not an inclusive democracy; women, foreigners, and slaves were excluded from it.
  • As a result, they advocated a representative democracy in the form of a constitutional republic over a direct democracy.

• Democracy

  • One form of democracy is direct democracy, in which citizens have direct and active participation in the decision making of the government.
  • While there is no universally accepted definition of "democracy," equality and freedom have both been identified as important components of democracy since ancient times.
  • In the United States, separation of powers is often cited as a central attribute of democracy.
  • Democracy, however, does not necessarily guarantee a good government.
  • The United States is an example of a Presidential Democracy – a Presidential Democracy is a system where the public elects the president through free and fair elections.

• Jacksonian Democrats: 1824–1860

  • Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man typified by American politician Andrew Jackson.
  • Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man typified by American politician Andrew Jackson and his supporters.
  • Jackson's policies followed the era of Jeffersonian democracy which dominated the previous political era.
  • It can be contrasted with the characteristics of Jeffersonian democracy.
  • The Whigs were the inheritors of Jeffersonian Democracy in terms of promoting schools and colleges.

• Electing Candidates

  • An election is a decision-making process used in a democracy to choose public office holders based on a vote.
  • Elections have been the usual mechanism by which representative democracies have operated since the 17th century.
  • Strictly majoritarian systems are rare in modern democracies due to their tendency for suppressing minority views.

• The Purpose of Elections

  • Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century.
  • Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century.
  • The universal use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens.
  • Most democracies no longer extend different rights to vote on the basis of sex or race.

• Forms of Government

  • In other societies, such as democracies, the political roles remain, but there is frequent turnover of the people actually filling the positions .
  • In democracies, all of the people in a country can vote during elections for representatives or political parties that they prefer.
  • The people in democracies can elect representatives who will sit on legislatures such as the Parliament or Congress.
  • Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.
  • An oligarchy is different from a true democracy because very few people are given the chance to change things.

• Committee Deliberation

  • In deliberative democracy the aim is for both elected officials and the general public to use deliberation rather than power-struggle as the basis for their vote.
  • Deliberative democracy is a form of democracy in which deliberation is central to decision making.
  • Deliberative democracy differs from traditional democratic theory in that authentic deliberation, not mere voting, is the primary source of legitimacy for the lawmaking processes.

• Liberalism

  • Liberalism espouses a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, and can encompass ideas such as free and fair elections, free trade, private property, capitalism, constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free press, and the free exercise of religion.
  • Liberalist ideas spread even further in the twentieth century, when liberal democracies were on the winning side in both World Wars I and II, and when liberalism survived major ideological challenges from fascism and communism.
  • These theories came to be termed "liberal socialism", which is related with social democracy in Europe.
  • Social democracy, an ideology advocating progressive reform of capitalism, emerged in the 20th century and was influenced by socialism.
  • Several commentators have noted strong similarities between social liberalism and social democracy, with one political scientist even calling American liberalism "bootleg social democracy".

• Span of Government

  • In democracies, all of the people in a country can vote during elections for representatives or political parties that they prefer.
  • The people in democracies can elect representatives who will sit on legislatures such as the Parliament or Congress.
  • Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.
  • An oligarchy is different from a true democracy because very few people are given the chance to change things.

• Interest Groups vs. Political Parties

  • In most liberal democracies, advocacy groups tend to use the bureaucracy as the main channel of influence.
  • In liberal democracies, bureaucracy is where the decision-making power lies.