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Democrarcy?
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Democracy is a type of social system in which everyone has an equal share of power. In large complex societies, however, it is impossible for every citizen to be involved in the political process. Thus, when we refer to ‘democratic’ power structure, we mean those structures in which people are allowed to vote for elected representatives.
Most societies that describe themselves as political democracies are actually representative democracies in which citizens elect politicians who actually hold and exercise political authority. Pure democracy is quite rare. This is because the definition of ‘everyone’ always excludes some portion of population.
The origins of democracy as an idea and a practice go back to the city-states of Greece in the 5th century BCE. But contemporary democracies are very different from the ancient Greek model. It is a paradox that though the modem democracy first emerged in the Greece, yet the Greeks were suspicious of democracy.
They felt that people often made bad decisions that went against their interests. People could be manipulated by demagogues and vested interests. The pattern that emerged in England in the 17th century and slowly became the model for the entire world was one of representative democracy or parliamentary democracy.