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class -7th | Civics | Chapter -1 | Democracy | Notes
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India is a democratic country where everyone is equal before the law.
Every citizen has the right to challenge anything that is unjust.
Village panchayats are democratic institutions at the local level.
FORMS OF GOVERNMENT
To understand what democracy is, we first need to have an idea about other forms of government.
For instance, an absolute monarchy means the rule by a king or queen, and a dictatorship means the rule by an unelected, all-powerful dictator (As heads of state, both the monarch and the dictator hold absolute powers and are above the law.
They are not accountable to the people as a form of government, democracy is very different from the rule of a king or a dictator.
It stands for people's rule.
MEANING OF DEMOCRACY
Democracy implies the rule of the common people.
It is derived from the Greek word demokratia, combining demos (common people) and Kratos (power).
New Zealand became the first nation to grant equal voting rights to all its citizens as early as 1893.
People's power
In the words of Abraham Lincoln, democracy is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
The supreme power lies with the people. There is no authority superior to the people of the country.
Democratic society
When people enjoy the right to elect and to remove their rulers, it is a political democracy, But the social life of the people can still be filled with various forms of injustice.
Thus, a democratic government becomes meaningful only if the society is democratic.
Every citizen has the right to challenge anything that is unjust.
Village panchayats are democratic institutions at the local level.
FORMS OF GOVERNMENT
To understand what democracy is, we first need to have an idea about other forms of government.
For instance, an absolute monarchy means the rule by a king or queen, and a dictatorship means the rule by an unelected, all-powerful dictator (As heads of state, both the monarch and the dictator hold absolute powers and are above the law.
They are not accountable to the people as a form of government, democracy is very different from the rule of a king or a dictator.
It stands for people's rule.
MEANING OF DEMOCRACY
Democracy implies the rule of the common people.
It is derived from the Greek word demokratia, combining demos (common people) and Kratos (power).
New Zealand became the first nation to grant equal voting rights to all its citizens as early as 1893.
People's power
In the words of Abraham Lincoln, democracy is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
The supreme power lies with the people. There is no authority superior to the people of the country.
Democratic society
When people enjoy the right to elect and to remove their rulers, it is a political democracy, But the social life of the people can still be filled with various forms of injustice.
Thus, a democratic government becomes meaningful only if the society is democratic.
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