What is Democracy? 1.government by the people; a form of government in which thesupreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly bythem or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. 2.a state having such a form of government. 3.a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights andprivileges. 4.political or social equality; democratic spirit. 5.the common people of a community as distinguished from anyprivileged class; the common people with respect to theirpolitical power
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I found Professor Samons to be a really engaging lecturer and I really enjoyed listening to what he had to say about Plato’s critique on democracy. Professor Samons begins his lecture by asking the question: why do Americans love and aggrandize democracy so much‚ but Plato criticizes it? This was the same question I had throughout Book Eight. It seems that our entire goal as a country is to spread democracy to the rest of the world and to find ways to make ourselves more democratic than we already
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CYPRUS title DEMOCRACY: THEORY AND PRACTICE by FANNI ZSOFIA DAVID program of study GRAPHIC AND ADVERTISING DESIGN Introduction The meaning and development of democracy According to a the contemporary definition democracy today is: “Government by the people‚ exercised either directly or through elected representatives; Rule by the majority” (“Democracy” Def.1‚4). The term democracy descends from the Greek
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key components to that is freedom. Freedom is defined as the power or right to act‚ speak‚ or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint‚ but freedom goes far beyond this definition. Freedom has many attributes. We have national freedom‚ political freedom‚ individual freedom‚ and spiritual freedom. So‚ as you can see it is not just a value based on the country that you choose to live in‚ but the very citizens within that country. Many countries want the freedoms that the United States enjoys
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constitutional monarchies are democracies; they are not direct democracies‚ however‚ which do away with elected representatives in favour of rule by popular referendum (no country today uses such a system). So‚ all democracies have elected representatives. At its most basic‚ a democracy is a system of government where leaders are chosen by election‚ but there are other criteria. After all‚ Russia‚ Uzbekistan‚ and Egypt all have elections‚ but they are emphatically not democracies. Even the USSR had elections
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called a democracy when we still had millions of slaves. Our nation today is called a democracy when millions of citizens never exercise their right to vote‚ a few hundred party leaders select our national political candidates‚ and only those who have million-dollar treasuries can run for political office with a reasonable chance of winning. Latin American military dictatorships are called democracies. South Vietnam with a single candidate for president during the Vietnam War was called a democracy. The
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Supervisory Leadership Course Five Roles of the Supervisory Leader “The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.” –William James Effective leadership performance depends on a blend of appropriate skills‚ knowledge‚ attitudes‚ and behaviors coupled with relevant experience. This program helps supervisors gain the skills they need to become more effective leaders in your organization. The truly successful leader is one who is able to come
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September 2013 What are the Unique Traits of Athenian Democracy? There are several traits that make Athenian democracy unique not only in the ancient world but also in the modern world as well. For the first time in recorded history‚ citizens had a say in what laws were to govern them . Democracy was an unknown and alien concept in the ancient world‚ and Athenians knew that their political process was different in and they were intensely proud of it. “Our form of government does not enter into
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culture there were various political systems in use depending on the city or Poleis. Today we shall take a look at the following systems monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy‚ and democracy‚ there were some others but these will be our focus. Interestingly enough while we think of ancient Athens as being a democracy it wasn’t always so‚ it eventually evolved into a democratic nation‚ but between the 8th to 6th century‚ Athens was ruled by aristocracy and according to The Athenian Aristocracy (n
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