Question

What is democracy and its types and the benefit of it​

Answer 1

DEMOCRACY - "The Rule by the people, For the people , and to the people" - Abraham Lincoln

Introduction: The term Democracy is Derived from two Greek words, combined to make "Demos kratos" : 'demos' meaning whole citizen living within a particular city-state and 'kratos' meaning power or rule, so the Term democracy itself means "The people's power". Democracy is a form of government, in which we choose our leaders by ourselves, so that they would exercise representative power on our behalf. Democracy is very Beneficial as noone could practice an absolute power and the country run according to the people in it. India is a democratic country itself, We have the Parliamentary type of government. But wait, what is parliamentary type and how many types of democracies are there anyway?

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Types of democracies:Our answers are simple, yet complex. Democracy are of many kinds, but we would only talk about the major ones. Starting with Direct and Indirect Democracy,

Direct Democracy: The Direct Democracy means the form of democracy in which the countrymen get involved in the official works theirselves. In Direct Democracy, People are involved to play the part in rule, they meet and have discussion on different issues, and with a co-operating manner, finds solutions. It is a good type of democracy when talking about a less populated country, but in a very population one, it fails as this many people can't co-operate with each other. That's the only reason why we can't see Direct Democracy much in governance now. Switzerland is a rare example of a country with instruments of direct democracy.  Here comes the Indirect Democracy in hand !

Indirect Democracy: Indirect Democracy is a kind of Democracy where people don't have to worry about the influences and problems of the country their selves, instead they elect a representative from their area who would then take care of these issues. The Indirect Democracy is much appreciated in many parts of the world. Countries that use indirect democracies include Great Britain, France, Australia, Canada, and a bunch more  Now, Indirect Democracy itself have many types in it, but we'll talk only about the parliament and presidential democracy.

Parliamentary Government: Parliamentary Democracy is a democracy whose parliament holds the power to execute the government. Generally, The head of a parliamentary Democracy is a prime minister. In a parliamentary type, There are three levels, namely judiciary, loksabha and rajya sabha. Each having their own puropses . The tenure of a parliamentary government is of 5 years. The examples of countries includes India, Pakistan, Nepal, etc.

Presidential Government: The presidential government is ruled by a presidential body, And the head of the state Is the president. It's tenure is of 4 years. Examples of countries includes Canada, America, etc.