Direct Democracy
Direct Democracy.
Latisha Reddy B.A IJ 1st
yr
Roll no- 13.
Direct democracy is also known as pure democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly. This differs from the majority of currently established democracies, which are representative democracies. In direct democracy decision are made by majority rules. A direct democracy is usually contrasted with a representative democracy. In a representative democracy, the general public votes for representatives, who then make laws on its behalf.
For example: the best example of direct democracy existed in ancient
Athens, Greece. While it excluded women, slaves, and immigrants from
voting, Athenian direct democracy required all citizens to vote on all major
issues of government. In modern society, Switzerland practices a modified form
of direct democracy under which any law enacted by the nation’s elected
legislative branch can be vetoed by a vote of the general public.
In
this form of government, every law, policy or bill is passed only when voted on
by all the citizens of the country.
To
conclude, direct democracy is a clear democracy that is appropriate for the
countries where population size is less. However, it cannot be practiced in a
country with large population size, and where a decision has to be taken by
crores of people.
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