The Role Of Democracy In Northern States

What exactly is meant by the term “democracy”? According to the rich and long history of democracy itself, it is doubtful that there is an appropriate and comprehensive definition of democracy exists. However, by studying the formation of democracy, there is a common agreement that the term “democracy” consists of the following characteristics: “regular free and fair elections, universal suffrage, and accountability of the state's administrative organs to the elected representatives, and effective guarantees for freedom of expression and association as well as protection against arbitrary state actions.” (Holden) Then, one could see the key term of democracy is the representation of the political system. In order to examine and question the “level of democracy” in the contemporary Northern states, it is necessary to analyze the representation of democracy, in particular, the implementation of new policies and remaining difficulty of democracy of Great Britain and France.
The different forms of democratic systems are formed upon different histories. “Great Britain with an early industrial revolution and stable government developed a strong parliament that gradually became more democratic; on the other hand, France had a late industrial
A democracy requires a free press to objectively and honestly release information to the public. By this approach, both France and Great Britain's democracy are sorely lacking, which result in a low voter turnout. Consequently, the representation of the democracy is not really meaningful since all the decisions and policies which decided by votes are not representing the interests of the