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This document discusses different types of democracy, including parliamentary democracy, Jeffersonian democracy, Jacksonian democracy, liberal democracy, social democracy, and dimensions of democracy. It also covers civil rights, preferred democratic practices like suffrage and public assembly, benefits of participation, and differences between representative and participatory democracies.

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This document discusses different types of democracy, including parliamentary democracy, Jeffersonian democracy, Jacksonian democracy, liberal democracy, social democracy, and dimensions of democracy. It also covers civil rights, preferred democratic practices like suffrage and public assembly, benefits of participation, and differences between representative and participatory democracies.

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Democracy
Means “the power of the people”. It originates
from the Greek words demos, which means “people”,
and karatos, which means “strength or power”.
• A system of government in which people choose their
rules by voting for them in elections.
• Democracy was defined as a “Government of the
people, by the people and for the people” by the
former U.S President Abraham Lincoln
Types of Democracy
1. Parliamentary democracy
•A democratic form of government that begin in
Great Britain.
•It features a leading party or coalition of parties
whose leader becomes the prime minister or
chancellor. When the leading party weakens or
falls out of favor, the party that replaces it
installs its leader as prime minister or
chancellor
2. Jeffersonian democracy (formulated by
Thomas Jefferson)
•It presupposed that all male citizens
were entitled to equal political
opportunities
•It underscored the need for leadership
by those with greatest abilities, to be
chosen by the people.
3. Jacksonian democracy (symbolized by Andrew
Jackson)
•It focused on the needs of the ordinary
people rather than on the needs of the elite
and the educated.
•In pursuits of equality, it granted more rights
to the common people and extended suffrage
even to men who did not posses property in
contrast to the political norm of the era.
4. Liberal or constitutional democracy

• Founded on the principles of free and fair elections , a universal right


to vote , and a competitive political process where qualified people
can run and be vote for offices.
Form of liberal or constitutional democracy

• CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY- where the monarch’s power is


limited by the constitution such as in Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand,
Japan, Norway, Sweden, UK, Spain, and the Netherlands.
• CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC- which can be federal or unitary.
• A. FEDERAL REPUBLIC- is composed of self-governing states that
have consolidated together, thus forming a federation.
• EXAMPLES; India, Pakistan, U.S, Mexico, Brazil,
5. Social democracy
•Conceived in the 19 century, it
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promotes universal access to health,


education, just compensation for
workers, and social services.
•It seeks to reform capitalism through
state laws and other regulatory
policies.
Dimensions of democracy
• The dimensions of democracy vary according to a writer’s perspective.
For political economic writers, democracy has one dimension only in
terms of political rights in the form of fair and free elections.
• POLITICAL DIMENSIONS
• SOCIAL DIMENSIONS
• ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS
• CULTURAL DIMENSIONS
• ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSIONS
CIVIL RIGTHS
• Are the individual person’s right to autonomy and act freely without
discrimination . They are cover the right to life, asylum, fair trial,
security, and privacy. They likewise refer to the freedoms of assembly,
of thought, of expression, and of religion, among others.
It is important to know more of the
dimensions of democracy to better
comprehend what democracy is all
about. Michael S. Perry (2015)
presents for dimensions of democracy
as follows:
1. The sovereign people
• This refers to the “ body-politics” or the people who rule. They are in
some sense a unified people who exercise sovereignty either by direct
means or through elected representatives.
2. The principle of democracy
• Equality is the underlying principles of democracy. It is the idea that
the people are the ultimate source of sovereignty.
3. The structure of democracy
• This pertains to the various formulations, mechanisms, and institution
which are crafted to enable the people to actualized their sovereign
will in the democratic processes.
4. The practice of democracy
• This involves the translation of the concept of democracy into reality
or making the rule of the people concretely manifested. A high turnout
during election presupposes a strong commitment to democracy while
a low turnout signifies the opposite.
Some preferred democratic practices
• This section illustrate some of the ways by which the rule of the
people and the principle of quality are made concrete.
A. Suffrage for eligible citizens and qualified,
registered voters.
• Election in the Philippines happen periodically. Candidates have to
meet certain requirement set by the commission on election, which
where declared if a candidate is qualified or not.
B. Protest against election fraud.
• Election is one of vital component of democracy. It expresses the
people choice of their representative, to our tasked to carry out the
sovereign will of the people in the government.
c. Communicating with local government
officials as a civic responsibility.
• A citizen’s enjoyment of human and political rights is coupled with
his/her fulfillment of civic responsibility which is composed of acts
and attitudes related to social involvement and democratic governance.
D. Public assembly and consultation
• Republic act 880, also known as” The public assembly act of 1985,”
and ensures the people, exercise their right to a peaceful assembly.
E. Conduct of a plebiscite to amend a
constitutional provision.
• The constitution embodies the fundamental laws of the land from
which all other laws should be in accord with. Any initiative on the
constitution such as an amendment, revision, or change should be
undertaken the no. of years in a term of office of the president, cannot
be carried out without the approval of the people or general
constituencies in a process called plebiscite.
Benefits of democratic participation and
importance of participation in democracy
• All of the mentioned preferred democratic practices demonstrate the
benefits of democratic participation and the importance of
participation in democracy. Democratic participation is involvement or
engagement with something which is freely done, without coercion,
and without treat or fear.
Representative and participatory democracies

• Democracy has several types or forms. Two of the most popular type
are representative democracy and participatory democracy.
Representative democracy
• Representative democracy also called indirect democracy is observed
to be more popularly exercise. It is a political system where the
qualified citizens exercise their political power through
representatives.
Participatory democracy
• quite similar to representative democracy
• offers more opportunities for members of a population to contribute to
decision-making through popular assemblies.
Variants of participatory democracy
• Direct democracy, all the eligible citizens and qualified voters directly
or personally involve themselves in making political decision.

• Demarchy or klerostocracy, the other variant of participatory


democracy, is a system of rule by lot.
Klerostocracy comes from the Greek word kleros which means “casting lot”.
• it is a system where the government is devolve into smaller independent
groups which is in charge of one or more societal functions.
• This group are controlled by committees composed of officials who
volunteered to be selected by sortition or drawing lots.

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