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system of government in which the people rule, rule by many
demos= the people ; kratein = to rule |
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| rule by the few, where a minority holds power over the majority, like an aristocracy or clerical establishment |
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| rule by the one, where power rests in the hands of a king or queen |
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| all decision making about policy are made by the people themselves, no representatives |
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| indirect democracy where people rule through elected representatives |
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| people are ultimate source of government authority and of policies that government leaders make |
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| form of political decision making in which policies are decided on the basis of what a majority of the people want |
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| each person carries the same weight in voting and other political decision making |
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| guarantees by government of equal citizenship to all social groups |
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| principle that citizens in a democracy are protected by gov interference in exercise of basic freedoms : freedom of speech, association, conscience and religion, press |
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| government is the result of an agreement by the people to form one, and that the people have a right to create a new one if the terms of the contract have been violated by the existing one |
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| suppression of the rights and liberties of a minority by the majority |
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| system of legally sanctioned racial segregation that existed in American South till middle of 1900's |
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