Switzerland is a confederation which means most of the day-to-day decisions are taken by the 'Canton' governments. The Swiss government really only makes decisions on things like defence and external affairs.
Direct democracy is doing something by the government andrepresentative democracy is a democracy where citizens delegae authority to elect represntatives
Direct democracy is doing something by the government andrepresentative democracy is a democracy where citizens delegae authority to elect represntatives
there is a monarchy and a democracy. a monarchy is like when kings rule and such and a democracy is when like there is freedom and there isn't one big leader, like there is a president but the other branches of government can throw him out if they found out he WA doing something wrong.
In the general context of "government," something true and important about the ancient Athenian government is that, during the Classical Period in Greece, it was organized as a democracy. While it was not a "pure" democracy, since only relatively few citizens were able to vote and hold public office, it was nonetheless the first appearance of democracy in Western Civilization.
Some examples are Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Unfortunately the current political climate is keeping the United States from displaying that a democracy is worth fighting for and to show how well it works. The movement seems to be towards a government that is something less than a democracy.
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As a liberal Western democracy and like the United States, modern Germany does not see "controlling the country" as something that the government or state should be involved in. Instead, Germans organize their government and policies in accordance with democratic constitutional principles in a representational democracy with an independent court system.
i believe it is representative government ================ No. What we have now in the so-called 'free world' is representative government. We elect representatives (e.g., to the House of Representatives or the House of Commons) to 'represent' us and govern for us. The type of government, where all issues are decided by a vote of all the eligible voters is called a 'direct democracy.' I'm not aware of any country in modern history that has or had a full direct democracy. Some of the city-states in ancient Greece had something akin to it. Some of the states in the US have a limited and modified form of it (e.g., the 'Proposition' states). Direct democracy might work in smaller community organizations, but it can be a cumbersome process. It requires everyone to keep up to speed on all issues at all times, something even the hard-core keeners often find hard to do.
So you know how it runs. George Washington stated that in order to have a working democracy that the people of the country had to know about how the country works. If we don't understand our government , then, how do we know when they are doing something wrong or harmful.
I think in a way they are and in a way they aren't First of all the efficiency of the government is good, when they decide to do something, they do it a high efficiency. However many people dislike the lack of democracy.
The fact that people are complaining about democracy is itself a testimony to the success of democracy. It means that now people have gained consciousness about democracy and they expect something better every time from democracy.