democracy

People's Government; the form of government where the highest powers belong to the people and they are exercised directly or by the elected representatives under the free election system.

Difference between ordinary people in the area and any privilege class, political power of ordinary people

1525-1535; <Central French Democracy <Late Latin American Democracy <Greek Democratic Politics, equivalent to dēmo-demo- + -kratia -cracy

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C16: From the French Democratic Party, from Latin dēmocratia, people from Greek dēmokratia government, demo -, - cracy.

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In the 1570s, from the central French democracy (14c.), From the Greek "demokratia" popular government ", from the demo" general people "originally" the area "(see democracy), the rule of + kratos From force "(see -cracy)

Democracy means that he must take responsibility for selecting his ruler and representative and must keep his "rights" in order to prevent possible violations against the government acting in public service I mean it. [Ezra Pound, "Economics Foundation", 1933]

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The word democracy comes from the Greek word meaning "people rule." (Democracy in 2012) Democracy in Athens represents an event that brought contemporary democracy. Like modern democracy, democracy in Athens is a response to concentration and abuse of power by rulers. Philosophers define the basic elements of democracy as separation of power, basic citizenship, human rights, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state. ... It is the reason why democracy and how government works are behind the theory. The majority is the theory that both political scientists and the public believe that democracy should be so. Unfortunately, by extracting data from Americans who may not be interested in politics or may not understand the system, this is considered a difficult way to find election data . "Elite theory believes that society is dominated by a few people exercising power to promote their own interests" (Schmidt, Shelley, and Bardes)

Direct democracy or pure democracy is a sort of democracy controlled directly by people. It requires broad participation of citizens to politics. Democracy in Athens or classical democracy refers to direct democracy developed by ancient Greece city state Athens. Democratic democracy is a kind of direct democracy based on referendums, other powers and public opinion. Democratic socialism - it is a form of socialism that was opposed to Marxism-Leninist ideas and synonymous with socialism, democratic socialists are political democracy, social ownership of the products, workers are Economic system emphasizing decentralized governance in a self-managed society