2025年1月30日 · Democracy is a system of government in which power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or through freely elected representatives. The term is derived from the Greek ‘demokratia,’ which was coined in the 5th century BCE to denote the political systems of some Greek city-states, notably Athens.

Democracy is a system of government in which laws, policies, leadership, and major undertakings of a state or other polity are directly or indirectly decided by the “people,” a group historically constituted by only a minority of the population (e.g., all free adult males in ancient Athens or all sufficiently propertied adult males in 19th ...

2025年1月2日 · How is democracy better than other forms of government? Why does democracy need education? Why is Pericles important?

Democracy is a system of government in which laws, policies, leadership, and major undertakings are directly or indirectly decided by the “people"—a group generally understood to include all (or nearly all) adult citizens.

democracy, Form of government in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodic free elections.

2025年1月28日 · Not only were democracy and republic used more or less interchangeably in the colonies, but no established term existed for a representative government “by the people.” At the same time, the British system was moving swiftly toward full-fledged parliamentary government.

2025年1月2日 · Although it is tempting to assume that democracy was created in one particular place and time—most often identified as Greece about the year 500 bce —evidence suggests that democratic government, in a broad sense, existed in several areas of the world well before the turn of the 5th century.

2025年1月30日 · Democracy - Equality, Representation, Participation: Why should “the people” rule? Is democracy really superior to any other form of government?

2025年1月18日 · Direct democracy, forms of direct participation of citizens in democratic decision making, in contrast to indirect or representative democracy. Direct democracies may operate through an assembly of citizens or by means of referenda and initiatives in which citizens vote on issues instead of for candidates or parties.

2025年1月16日 · A representative democracy is a political system in which citizens of a country or other political entity vote for representatives to handle legislation and otherwise rule that entity on their behalf. The elected representatives are in turn accountable to the electorate for their actions.