TRENDS- DEMOCRATIC INTERVENTION Flashcards
Refers to the ways in which the government regulates or interferes with the various activities or decisions made by individuals or organizations within its jurisdiction.
Democratic intervention
Refers to the ways in which the government regulates or interferes with the various activities or decisions made by individuals or organizations within its jurisdiction.
democratic intervention
Democracy came from the word?
demos and kratos
demos means?
people
kratos means?
power
It is a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system
democracy
Set of principles and practices that guide how people interact and work together every day to improve their community and to create a more just society.
democratic practices
examples of democratic practice
S P M
Suffrage
Public assemby and consultation
Majority rule and minority rights
Gives people the opportunity to exercise sovereignty by choosing the candidates who will govern and serve them.
what example of democratic practice?
suffrage
Citizens have a set of rights and responsibilities including the right to participate in decisions that affect public welfare. what example of democratic practice?
Public assembly and consultation
The making of the binding decisions by a vote of more than one-half of all persons who participate in an election. What example of democratic practice?
Majority rules and minority rights
Those who have less in life should have more in law.”
who stated this?
thomas jefferson
is an electoral process for approving or rejecting a change or amendment in the constitution.
- It is the direct process of yes or no / accept or reject.
plebiscite
is an electoral process for approving or rejecting a change or amendment in the constitution.
- It is the direct process of yes or no / accept or reject.
plebiscite
Importance of Participation in Democracy
Provide three examples
- Democracy provides equality and admission to opportunities for all its citizens in the government.
- Checks and balances the government to present possible abuse of political power from officials.
- Allow citizens to influence and suggest policies and laws through plebiscite in selecting delegates and representatives.
- Allow the popular majority to oust a representative or a politician who holds too much power or abuses it.
- Promotes freedom where citizens enjoy human rights
- Becomes competent, firm, and stable when the state is ruled with leaders who have dedication and transparency.
- Provides political education to the people.
- Upholds change since the citizens have the opportunity to participate in the involvement in the government.
- Promotes freedom where citizens enjoy human rights.