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how do we define democracy class

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Explanation:

Meaning of Democracy

Today, most of the countries of the world have democratic government. In spite of many shortcomings, majority of the countries have adopted this form of government. This implies that most of the people liked the idea of democracy. In this lesson, you will learn about definition, features and pros and cons of democracy.

Democracy: Democracy is a form of government in which the rulers are elected by people.

To understand this, let us take example of Myanmar. Recently, the army of Myanmar overthrew the elected government and took the reign in its own hands. Since the public of Myanmar has not elected the army to rule over them hence there is no democracy in this country. You can also take example of Saudi Arabia, which is ruled by monarchy. A person does not become a monarch by people’s choice but by virtue of being born in a royal family. So, Saudi Arabia does not have a democratic government.

Aristotle: Rule by many is called democracy, rule by a few is called aristocracy, and rule by an individual is called autocracy.

Democracy is a form of government in which people get the right to elect the governing legislature. This term first appeared in 5th century to define the government system in Greek city-states.

 

Features of Democracy

The final decision making power rests with those who are elected by people.

A democracy must be based on a free and fair election. The ruling party must have a fair chance of losing that election. In India, elections are held at regular intervals. Many a times, an election in India results in a change in the government. But in China and Russia, we get to see the government of same party since so many years even after elections being held at regular intervals. This shows that India has a thriving democracy which is not the case with China or Russia.

In a democracy, each adult citizen must have one vote and each vote should have equal value.

A democratic government rules within the limits which are set by constitutional laws and citizens' rights.