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In the UK, we do not have a representative democracy because the government dominates parliament. How far do you feel this to be the case?
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In the UK, we do not have a representative democracy because the government dominates parliament. How far do you feel this to be the case? There are two main types of democracy. Direct democracy and representative democracy. Liberal and Participatory democracy are add ons of representative democracy. Britain is distinguished as being a representative democracy although this is not strictly the case. Direct democracy origioninated in ancient Greece 4000bc. The word democracy actually came from the Greek phrase 'demos kratos' which means 'rule of the people'. Direct democracy is based on the right of every citizen over a certain age to attend political meetings, vote on the issue being discussed at that meeting and accepting the majority decision should such a vote lead to a law being passed which you as an individual did not support. In ancient Greece there were 50,000 citizens who could participate. They used to meet...
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