Basic Government Systems/Democracy
Democracy can be used to describe any system of government in which either decision making powers are given directly to the people, or the leaders who do hold and exercise these powers are elected by, and held accountable to, the people.
A leader of a democratic state, rather than inheriting or being appointed their position, must be elected.
There are many different types of democracies including republic, constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy, liberal democracy, representative democracy and many others. Democracies can also be capitalist ot socialist.
Examples of democratic nations include Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, South Africa, South Korea, Singapore, United Kingdom and United States of America, etc.
History
[edit | edit source]Most people point to Athens as the first true example of democracy, but only the free men could vote in Athens. Some of the first democracies came across in the wake of WWI