Alright, I suppose it is a little clearer now. I imagine, in many respects, that we might just be talking past each other. What I tried to explicate in the last comment is that it seemed like you have set up a false dichotomy (either/or); viz., that it is either a democracy or a republic. I reckon this is where I was confused. I do not consider the terms “republic” (the way I think you are using it) and “democracy” are mutually exclusive. Your definition of democracy is fine, but I just want to remark it is very general. While I mentioned in my response that the United States is not a “direct democracy” I see no difficulty using the word “representative democracy,” and the way you are using republic, synonymously.
The manner in which the word “republic” is thrown and twisted is unquestionably ambiguous (whether or not you think it is). If you are interested, I would ask you to research that, and hopefully understand what I mean (Cf. the use of the term “republic” from an American perspective compared to what the etymology of the words meaning is through Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Montesquieu, et al; additionally, you can actually research cases where the SCOTUS has attempted to define the term “republic” in various aspects of
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What avenues are open to a citizen to express their beliefs that something is not right? Is a protest of the National Anthem one of the avenues? Further, take into consideration what the alternative is. I have heard, and read, many people argue that those protesting the anthem are wrong yet, guess what? Everyone is paying attention now. Was / is it effective? Was anybody harmed by the protest? Was anybody 's rights restricted by the protest? If anything, it is bringing to the national stage the exact problems which we are talking about. So, is it effective? Is it doing what it is / was designed to do? This is what this post is more
Madison differentiates between a Democracy and a Republic and later on decides on a Republic as his choice of government. A Republic is a type of government run by representatives who are elected by its citizens. Madison states that “however small the Republic may be, the Representatives must be raised to a certain number in order to guard against the cabals of a few; and that however large it may be, they must be limited to a certain number, in order to guard against the confusion of a multitude.” This means that the Republic should have a certain number of representatives large enough to overpower any outsiders, but not too many where-as nothing could be accomplished due to disagreement.
A democracy is a form of government where the people rule directly on everything that has an effect on their everyday lives. In a democracy the government’s power is from the people and it relies on them to use that power. Citizen’s rights to the decisions made by the government can be handled directly by entering their positions personally or by representatives. Since government decisions are not made by the majority vote except for in a small amount of all lawmaking, the United States is not a direct democracy. The United States contains elements of a democracy and a republic. A republic is a government where the people rule indirectly through elected officials. Since the United States combines these two forms of government, it is generally
A republic is a form of government where the people elected by a popular vote someone to represents in law making. The Romans used to had a republic government that fall. On one hand, this republic fall because the elected official were corrupt because under Roman law you could pay someone to vote for you. So rich people could actually buy their way into the senate and the senate made the laws and people could bribe senators to make the
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary Democracy is a form of government by the people; especially: rule of the majority(Webster). This is what the United States is represented as, and this is based on the United States Constitution from which the United states draws all legal powers. In Robert Dahls book How democratic Is the American Constitution? He challenges this idea by trying to appeal to his readers in a way that they may view the United States Constitution in a different light. Dahl does this by pointing out flaws that the Constitution has and, draws on facts based on the other democracies around the world that the United States is compared too. He points out how many democratic ideas and innovations have a occurred since the conception of the American Constitution yet it has only adopted some of those idea.
Throughout time, history has proven that a great government style is the key for having a dominant and long lasting civilization. Without a solid government structure, a civilization is doomed to fail and will eventually fall into ruin. A republic is one of the styles of government that is beneficial to everyone who uses it. The republic style of government was created to benefit the common people and hard working citizens and reward them for their efforts. By using this republic, a civilization would thrive and be riddled with countless luxuries. The republic’s originated from the city of Rome. Therefore, the Romans used this new type of governing a country first, and gained tremendous amounts of benefits. The republic is praised so much that countries today have even taken parts of the set up of the republic and used it in their government. The Roman Republic revolutionized the Roman Civilization and has even played a minor role in the formation of the United States Constitution.
Republicanism and direct democracy, these are two ways that a people can be governed. There is a major difference between these two systems. In a republican system the government represents the people. The representatives are chosen by popular vote and are given the power to make decisions on behalf of the people. The people do not get to voice their own opinions, the best they can do is vote for their representative and hope he wins. This can also be referred to as indirect democracy. Direct democracy which was exemplified in the ancient Athenian city-state, or the New England town meeting in modern times, is a government based solely on the people. The governmental decisions are passed only if the majority of the people vote for it. "People", that is the key word, the people themselves are included in making political decisions.
The framers of the constitution created the Democratic Republic, these are just some of the features that define the Democratic Republic. First is that a Democratic Republic is both a republic and a democracy. Democracy is based upon the majority rule and a person’s individual rights. A Democracy protects against all powerful central governments and transfer government to regional and local levels, and is a political system for choosing who should be in office based on free,and fair elections. Also makes sure that there is a protection of human rights. Citizens get the right to vote.
Democracy is a Greek word meaning “rule by the people.” The idea of a democratic government began in Greece in 700 B.C, about twenty-five hundred years ago. Rome was so large that not everyone could play a role in government so the Roman citizens elected representatives to speak and act for them. This form of government was called a republic. The United States has a representative form of government. The representatives make laws and rules for the country. The government should be rated at an 8 because it has some flaws but it is still decent.
The United States of America is a republic, or representative democracy. Democracy, a word that comes to us from Greek, literally means the people rule (Romance, July 8). This broad definition leaves unanswered a few important details such as who are the people, how shall they rule, and what should they rule on (July 8). Defining the answers to those questions means defining a model for a democratic system. William E. Hudson defines four such models in his book American Democracy in Peril: the Protective, Developmental, Pluralist, and Participatory models of democracy (Hudson, 8-19). Of these models, perhaps Participatory comes closest to an ideal, pure democracy of rule by the people (16-19). In practice, however, establishing a stable ideal democracy is not entirely feasible. In a country the size of the United States, it quickly becomes unwieldy if not impossible to have direct rule by the people. To overcome this, the compromise of the representative system allows the people to choose who will rule on a regular basis. The political culture that defines American politics shows that despite this compromise, America is still very much a democratic society.
No. The United States is not a democracy. It is a Representative Democratic Republic. Democracy is “ a system of government that is run by the majority of the population,.”.(11) Representative Democracy is “ a form of government where officials representing a certain group of people are elected ”.(11) The founding fathers actually created a republic with the Constitution. It had three branches. Each with different government jobs. The Executive Branch was elected by the Electoral College. Federal judges were selected by the president. The Senate were chosen by the state governments. The only part of the government that was elected by the people was the House of Representatives. Nowadays the Senate is elected by the population, and the Electoral College still remains. Originally the people had no ability to have their input on anything that happened in government, but to this day the Electoral College is still the deciding body on who will be elected the President of the United
Between 1787 and 1791 the Framers of the US Constitution established a system of government upon principles that had been discussed and partially implemented in many countries over the course of several centuries, but never before in such a pure and complete design, which we call a constitutional republic. Since then, the design has often been imitated, but important principles have often been ignored in those imitations, with the result that their governments fall short of being true republics or truly constitutional. The Framers of the Constitution tried very hard to design a system that would not allow any one person or group within the government to gain too much power. Personally, I think they succeeded. In order to guard against what one of the Founding Fathers called an "excess of democracy," the Constitution was built with many ways to limit the government's power. Among these methods were separating the three branches, splitting the legislature so laws are carefully considered, and requiring members of Congress to meet certain criteria to qualify for office. The Founders did leave a few problems along with their system.
Was The Roman Republic unquestionably democratic? Well, it is stated that it is in fact democratic, since the people were the ones to decide on what is going to happen in the government and to the people. It is also said that during the Roman Republic the people were the chief of state.
The Roman Republic was the time of the ancient Roman civilization. They’re government was one where the officials were elected. This republican form was started by the Roman monarchy being overthrown in 508 BC. It ended up lasting 482 years. When the republic first started, it was controlled by an aristocracy. Later on though, laws were repealed, causing the individuals of the aristocracy to not dominate the government. This caused a new aristocracy. Instead of depending on laws, it depended on the society. Similar to today, the republic had a constitution they went by. Separation of powers and checks and balances were the two main rules followed. Rome began to expand their territory, ruling the Mediterranean completely. Then they moved on and ruled North Africa, Greece, France, and the Iberian Peninsula. Regions such as Egypt became allies with Rome. According to the textbook, Prentice Hall World History, “by 133 BC, Roman power extended from Spain to Egypt.”(157) Having control over these lands brought great riches into Rome. The Romans kept conquering lands and forced the captured to slavery on big farming estates. Prentice Hall World History textbook by Ellis and Esler states that “by the last days of the republic, around a third of Italy’s people lived in slavery.” (157) The rich got richer and the poor became poorer causing angry mobs to start riots. Having a...
Democracy- a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives (Dictionary.com). The Constitution starts out with the phrase “We the People”, but is the constitution properly representing all the current people in the United States and providing us with a true democracy? The constitution is outdated and does not properly take into account the current typical American lifestyle. Along with being outmoded the Constitution has created an undemocratic legislative process in our country resulting in many unnecessary or unsuccessful legislative decrees.
The Roman Republic began approximately around 509 B.C. when the nobles drove the King and his family out of Rome. This monumental incident helped shape the start to the transformation of the monarchy into a republican governmental system. This is known to have begun by that of the Roman nobles trying to hold their power that they had gained. The Republic was “[a] city-state [which] was the foundation of Greek society in the Hellenic Age; in the Hellenistic Age, Greek cities became subordinate to kingdoms, larder political units ruled by autocratic monarchs” (Perry 105)