DEMOCRACY
Öykü Penceresi Metni
- Democracy is a system of government by the people, for the people. It ensures equal rights, participation, and accountability, enabling citizens to shape policies and elect representatives through free and fair elections.
- Modern democracy: power in people, voting, equality, freedom of speech, individual rights protection, representative institutions, periodic elections, rule of law for decisions in citizens' best interest. Progressive reforms in constitutional democracy: direct election of senators, women's suffrage, initiative, referendum, and recall; citizen participation, anti-corruption, social justice, labor rights, consumer protection, and regulation for inclusive, responsive democracy and individual liberties.
- Jeffersonian democracy advocated agrarianism, limited government, individual liberties, states' rights, strict interpretation of the Constitution, independent farmers, westward expansion, and decentralized government promoting local economic self-sufficiency.
- Jacksonian democracy empowered white male commoners through expanded political participation, a strong executive, territorial expansion, limited government interference in economy, but perpetuated Native American subjugation and supported slavery.
- What type of democracy did we saw in class?
- I think in my community we practice democracy because we vote and choose to get to agreements and stuff like that. for me democracy is political equality and getting to a decision by voting and it is fair.
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