Democracy Flashcards
Democracy is seeped in ___ thought.
Liberal.
What are some features associated with democracy?
Equality, freedom, justice, fairness.
What is Demos?
People.
What is Cratos?
Rule.
Based on the etymology, what is democracy?
The rule of the people.
Democracy believes that government was ___ the people ___ the people
By the people, for the people.
In democracy, there is faith in the capacity of the ___ to govern the __.
Individual, community.
What is a Polis?
City/state.
What is participatory democracy?
When people in government directly debate upon and vote on issues.
To Aristotle, ___ and ___ were analogous.
Friendship, democracy.
Why did Aristotle say friendship and democracy were analogous?
We must acknowledge that we share needs, histories, and goals in order to empathize.
Liberal democratic thinkers believed in the power and worth of ___.
Individuals.
Which thinkers contributed to the shift to individualism?
Liberal democratic thinkers.
The public was ___ in early liberal democratic systems.
Small.
In the early liberal democratic system, the small government was to govern over ___ affairs.
Common.
