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4. Democratic Systems

Javier García

Updated July 7, 2015

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Constitutional Monarchy

Is a form of government in which a king or queen acts as Head of State, but the ability to make and pass legislation resides with and elected Parliament, not the Monarchy.

Democratic Systems

Form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by themor by their elected agents under a free electoral system.

Countries that have this System

Multiparty systems

In politics is a system of government in which more than two political parties truly have a chance to get real political power, based on the active and significant participation of various parties in the public life of the State.

Characteristics

Citizen Rule
Majority Rule and Minority Rights
Individual Rights
Free and Fair Elections
Citizen Participation
Cooperation and Compromise

. This means that more than two parties have a chance to either govern on their own or to be part of a coalition government.

Representative Democracy

It is a form of government where the power and sovereignty are delegated to representatives who were elected, they exercise the power, always looking for the benefit of the whole nation.

Two-party system

Two major political parties dominate voting in nearly all elections at every level of government and the majority of elected offices are members of one of the two major parties

Foundations

Identified as Ancient Athens circa 508 BC — there is evidence to suggest that democratic forms of government, in a broad sense, may have existed in several areas of the world well before the turn of the 5th century.

Proto-democratic societies

Greece developed its complex social and political institutions long after the appearance of the earliest civilizations in Egypt and the Near East.

Athens

Athens is regarded as the birthplace of democracy and it is considered an important reference point of democracy.

Athens emerged in the 7th century BCE, like many other poleis, with a dominating powerful aristocracy. However, this domination led to exploitation, causing significant economic, political, and social problems.

Democratic Systems

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