POLSCI 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Direct Democracy
4 Oct 2017
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Since the end of ww1 most governments made the switch to democratic. Justi cation on waging wars, democracy that is so bene cial that its worth risking lives to build. Greek words demos= people and kratos =rule, power lies in the hands of the people. Direct and indirect democracy are key types of democracy. Direct democracy people make the laws and follow them, there is no middle man politicians. 1450-1322 bc ancient athens is the best example of this, the assembly was a ket institution making decision, assembly was every single male citizen, every male had the right to attend and speak their opinion. Canadian democracy, indirect democracy, is a passive version of the in comparison to the direct model anyone other than males citizens. athenians. Federalist papers; (1787, 1788)factions (small and large) are potential danger to polity, Historical example of indirect democracy is the us, democracy was questioned when creating the republic of america.
