What is democracy? give two examples...
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when the government representatives are elected by the people of the country, then such government is known as a democratic government.
Example of democratic country :- Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland etc.
Example of democratic country :- Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland etc.
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democracy is the form of government where rulers r elected by the ppl n democracy is for the n by the ppl. ex; india is the country which has the democracy form of government.
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Simply put, a representative democracy is a system of government in which all eligible citizens vote on representatives to pass laws for them. A perfect example is the U.S., where we elect a president and members of the Congress. We also elect local and state officials.
Basics of a Democracy
But what is democracy, anyhow? It's generally agreed that there are five criteria that are necessary for any society to call itself democratic:
Equality in votingEffective participationEnlightened understandingCitizen control of the agendaInclusion (must be open to all citizens within a nation)
Examples of a Representative Democracy
Representative democracies are much more common, and much more varied, than direct democracies today. Overall, democracies differ from each other in the way that they elect and appoint officials and how their governments are structured.
The U.S.
The U.S., of course, is one of the oldest and most stable representative democracies in the world. The U.S. is a federal republic in which a large central government co-exists with smaller state governments. The federal government of the U.S. is set up with three branches: executive (the president), legislative (the House and Senate) and judicial (the Supreme Court). State and local governments are set up in various ways.
Great Britain
Great Britain, on the other hand, practices a form of parliamentary democracy, which in many ways is similar to the U.S. system, with one major exception: unlike the U.S.,
Basics of a Democracy
But what is democracy, anyhow? It's generally agreed that there are five criteria that are necessary for any society to call itself democratic:
Equality in votingEffective participationEnlightened understandingCitizen control of the agendaInclusion (must be open to all citizens within a nation)
Examples of a Representative Democracy
Representative democracies are much more common, and much more varied, than direct democracies today. Overall, democracies differ from each other in the way that they elect and appoint officials and how their governments are structured.
The U.S.
The U.S., of course, is one of the oldest and most stable representative democracies in the world. The U.S. is a federal republic in which a large central government co-exists with smaller state governments. The federal government of the U.S. is set up with three branches: executive (the president), legislative (the House and Senate) and judicial (the Supreme Court). State and local governments are set up in various ways.
Great Britain
Great Britain, on the other hand, practices a form of parliamentary democracy, which in many ways is similar to the U.S. system, with one major exception: unlike the U.S.,
more like India Australia France etc
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