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Power and Democracy in the UK.
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Power and Democracy Coursework. Amareen10B A democracy is a form of government chosen by the people of the country in a free election. That allows differences in society to be resolved fairly and peacefully. They have a choice on how the country is run and this means that they are equal in the rights they have. There are two types of democracy; direct democracy is where all the people decide how the country is governed. An example of this was in Ancient Greek times; where this method was used in Greek city-states, though this is only useful in small communities. You could not use it in the UK where there are over 60 million citizens. The second type is representative democracy (indirect democracy), where people elect politicians to represent their views. It is based on the majority vote where a wide variety of views are openly expressed. An example of this...
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