Introduction to Democracy and its broad variations

Democracy can be viewed as "rule by the people", but what general forms does it take? Here we describe participatory democracies, pluralist democracies, and elite democracies and think about some of their potential benefits and negatives.

[deniskawar]

Hi from Russia! Our government definetely didn't see this tutorial

[ishitadey]

Very helpful and to the point lecture... Helped a lot in understanding the overall topic!

[pierre.g.canada]

Hello from China. Sadly, I see none of these. But I’m taking the AP Gov tomorrow so this video is probably gonna help. ;)

[tamohgna]

I would like to see more examples being taken from across the globe rather than only United States. India is the largest democracy in the world, and it is fairly efficiently practiced in India considering its huge population. But I did not find any mention of India, or for that matter any other countries other US in your examples.

Other than the small observation above, the tutorial is extremely good and explains every concept very clearly.

[arvind]

really a good one. loved it. keep uploading this type of videos to help the learning people. thanks a lot .

[hannahsavy]

Hi from Seychelles.
Thank you for the video. Studying UK politics. Really helpful.

[fernandascovino]

What it means to represent the people? I think that's a biggest question... Is the people's interest resumed in the majority interest? Or one should like a "Pareto efficient" decision, considering the loss of individual wellbeing?

[sathyaphaneeshwar]

Digital Infrastructure can really help participatory democracy work in this century!

[nitiverma]

Hey thank you sir, frm India👍it was quite informative video

[muneebahmad]

Did the articles of confederation reflect a participational or an elite democracy?

[roshaanshahid]

‏علامہ اقبال کے مغربی جمہوریت پر چند اشعار

تُو نے کیا دیکھا نہیں مغرب کا جمہُوری نظام
چہرہ روشن، اندرُوں چنگیز سے تاریک تر!

‏خیر ہے سلطانی جمہور کا غوغا کہ شر
تو جہاں کے تازہ فتنوں سے نہیں ہے با خبر!

جلال پادشاہی ہو کہ جمہوری تماشا ہو
جدا ہو دیں سیاست سے تو رہ جاتی ہے چنگیزی

ہم نے خود شاہی کو پہنایا ہے جمہُوری لباس
جب ذرا آدم ہُوا ہے خود شناس و خود نگر

ہے وہی سازِ کُہن مغرب کا جمہوری نظام
جس کے پردوں میں نہیں غیراز نوائے قیصری

دیواستبداد جمہوری قبا میں پائے کوب
تو سمجھتا ہے یہ آزادی کی ہے نیلم پری

جمہوریت اک طرز حکومت ہے کہ جس میں
بندوں کو گنا کرتے ہیں تولا نہیں کرتے

یہاں مَرض کا سبب ہے غلامی و تقلید
وہاں مَرض کا سبب ہے نظامِ جمہُوری

[clarissajimenez]

Can someone summarize this don’t get it

[tehseenshahi]

Its enough for Nursery students 👩‍🎓👩‍🎓👩‍🎓👩‍🎓

[alexb.]

There is no democratic country.
We have lobbies and corruption.

What about a board of directors that works out different proposed solutions and votes on them.
Only relevant or trend-setting topics similar to the previous election programs of the parties come to the vote.
The people can of course also propose solutions.
The board of directors decides independently on day-to-day business.
These decisions can be revised by referendum.

[skyleonidas]

switzerland is a pretty effective direct democracy