Is our global democracy dwindling or growing?
awukuasaredaniel@gmail.com Democracy is a form of government, a way of life, a goal or an ideal, and a political philosophy. The term also, connotes a country that has a democratic form of government. The word democracy means rule by the people. United States President, Abraham Lincoln described such self-government as “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”. In a democracy, the people might directly or indirectly participate in government. Under circumstances, where the mobilization of the people take place in a designated setting for discourse on community development, the democratic practice is termed: pure democracy, which in other terms referred to as direct democracy. This practice was characteristic of the...
