Democracy - Essay
“Say you want a revolution
We better get on right away
Well you get on your feet
And out on the street
Singing power to the people” * John Lennon
Introduction
Democracy, it is generally believed, had its roots in Ancient Athens. We know it spread its stems to most of Europe and later to parts of Asia by mid 19th century , mostly in the form of parliamentary democracy. But in the context of this paper,we are not interested in the histrocity of the idea or concept of democracy, but in the idea itself. That is to say we want to analyze the meaning of democracy and its different forms, study its efficiency (so to say), ponder over its limitations and compare it to other forms of government. Whether democracy was conceived of in Athens, Sparta or India is not a topic of interest in this paper (although there may be references to historical events in the evolution of the idea when pertinent).
What does democracy mean?
Democracy comes from the greek “rule of the people”. But as I searched for a definition of democracy in the course of research for this paper, a consistent defintion of it seemed to elude me. So we must examine some of these definitions and try to find a core to the idea of democracy, if there exists one.
Bunch of different ideas and quotes are out thr on internet ...put about 4-5 of them here and discuss if them from a current or historical perspective..ive written down one for u:
“The right to dissent without repercussions to one's personal well-being is the core value of Democracy“ * Nathan Sharansky
Discuss quotes such as this to evaluate how these ideas are implemented in practice..
All this should take up about 500 words..
The only core value seems to be people get to elect their governement..how much of the peoples rights are respected after that greatly varies..
Forms of democracy
Representative..constitutes parliamentary and liberal(most democracies are these)
Constitutional
Direct
Socialist
Totalitarian
..discuss all
We better get on right away
Well you get on your feet
And out on the street
Singing power to the people” * John Lennon
Introduction
Democracy, it is generally believed, had its roots in Ancient Athens. We know it spread its stems to most of Europe and later to parts of Asia by mid 19th century , mostly in the form of parliamentary democracy. But in the context of this paper,we are not interested in the histrocity of the idea or concept of democracy, but in the idea itself. That is to say we want to analyze the meaning of democracy and its different forms, study its efficiency (so to say), ponder over its limitations and compare it to other forms of government. Whether democracy was conceived of in Athens, Sparta or India is not a topic of interest in this paper (although there may be references to historical events in the evolution of the idea when pertinent).
What does democracy mean?
Democracy comes from the greek “rule of the people”. But as I searched for a definition of democracy in the course of research for this paper, a consistent defintion of it seemed to elude me. So we must examine some of these definitions and try to find a core to the idea of democracy, if there exists one.
Bunch of different ideas and quotes are out thr on internet ...put about 4-5 of them here and discuss if them from a current or historical perspective..ive written down one for u:
“The right to dissent without repercussions to one's personal well-being is the core value of Democracy“ * Nathan Sharansky
Discuss quotes such as this to evaluate how these ideas are implemented in practice..
All this should take up about 500 words..
The only core value seems to be people get to elect their governement..how much of the peoples rights are respected after that greatly varies..
Forms of democracy
Representative..constitutes parliamentary and liberal(most democracies are these)
Constitutional
Direct
Socialist
Totalitarian
..discuss all