Question

What is democracy ? Why democracy ?

Answer 1

• Democracy is a form of government in which the rulers are elected by the people. ... It also helps students to demarcate between democratic and non-democratic governments. From the non-democratic government, take the example of Myanmar, where rulers were not elected by the people.

Answer 2

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It refers to the form of government elected by the people of a country themselves. It is derived from the Greek word demokratia combining demos (common people) and kratos (power).

New Zealand became the first nation to grant equal voting rights to all its citizens as early as 1893.

Abraham Lincoln said that, democracy is 'a government of the people, by the people and for the people'.