Question

define democracy. Discuss briefly its kinds.

Answer 1

The term 'Democracy' is drawn from two Greek words 'demos' meaning people and 'cratia' meaning power. Thus, literally democracy means the ' Power of People'.

Democracy has two types:-

1) Direct Democracy - Democracy based on the direct participation of citizens is known as direct democracy. In modern times, population has augment, similarly public issues also getting complicated. Therefore, direct democracy has become impracticable.

2) Indirect(or Representative) Democracy

In modern nations, because of large territory and population, direct democracy could not survive. In modern Democratic nations all citizens do not take active part in the affairs of the government. Citizens elect their representatives who can be the voice of several people and make decisions and implement policies. The democratic form in which elected representatives run the government is called indirect or representative democracy.

Answer 2

democracy is a form of..government in which representatives elected by the people.......IN another form its a form of government in which everybody have a share...........

Their are two types of democracy .
direct democracy
indirect democracy...