DEMOCRACY

&
IT’S EVOLUTION
INTRODUCTION :

 Democracy means people-power or rule by the people. The

idea came from the ancient Greeks who combined the words
demos (people) and krates (rule) to create the term.
 The term is typically used in the context of a form of
government in which all the citizens have a vote. ... In a
democratic government, the people's views influence the
laws and decisions made by the government. The
development of democracy can be traced back to ancient
times, particularly to ancient Greece.
 What is a democracy?

 Democracy is a system in which people

decide matters as a group. The term is
typically used in the context of a form of
government in which all the citizens have a
vote.
HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY:
 Democracy in ancient times

Around 2500 years ago in Ancient Greece, the people of the

city-state of Athens developed a way of making decisions that
was different from the autocratic ways of the past.

 Ancient Greece

Athens was the first city state to allow ordinary citizens access
to government offices and courts.
 Democracy in the Middle Ages

The Middle Ages was a period of European history from

fall of the Roman Empire (476 AD) until the fall of
Constantinople in 1453 AD. It is also known as the Dark

Although there was not a democracy directly in place

the Middle Ages, Christianity was widely followed and so
many democratic ideas were understood and followed by
many of the people. Christianity taught that all men were
created equal.
DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY :

 Democracies developed throughout the 20th century.

Democracies have resulted from wars, revolutions,
decolonisation and economic circumstances. The number of
democracies continues to grow and it has been speculated
that this trend may continue in the future to the point where
democratic nation-states become the standard form of
human society.
 Throughout history, democracies have been the exception
rather than the norm. In the present day world, about 60
percent of the world's nations are democracies. Other
nations have rulers assigned by heredity or have used the
military to take leadership by force or rule by wealth.
 MERITS & DEMERITS OF DEMOCRACY
:  The merits of democracy are as follows:
1. It is a more accountable form of government
2. It improves the quality of decision making
3. It provides a method to deal with differences and conflicts.
4. It enhances the dignity of the citizens.
5. It allows us to correct our own mistakes.

 The demerits of democracy are as follows:

1. Instability of the government due to frequent changing of leaders.
2. Delay in implementation of plans as they are to be consulted by many
people.
3. Bad decisions taken by the leaders
4. Leads to corruption as it is based on electoral competition.
CONCLUSION :
 Democracy is a new thing in the world; well-developed
forms of it have been in practice less than a century. We are
still learning what it is and how to operate it. New features
are continually being offered and put on trial; no doubt there
is a great deal more to be learned about it.
 We would best handle it as learners, in the humble spirit of
one who seeks to know the truth. There are weaknesses in
democracy: it is best to recognize them and cope with them
in rational ways.
 We must learn to submit to discipline, inspection, surveying,
and whatever else is necessary to enable a complicated
social organization to do its work efficiently.
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