history of democracy?
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http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/democrac
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Democracy spread during the 1990's as a result of the collapse of Communist rule over the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. This process was more a feature of the late 1980's and early 1990's. It was also a trend in Latin America, Southeast Asia, Taiwan and S Korea. Some Arab and African states—notably Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority— moved towards greater liberal democracy in the 1990s and 2000s. As a result of these changes, more than 50% of the world's population lived in democratic regimes in 2000.
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no.  was never a democracy.  it was intended to be a republic, but we all got sold to the highest bidder.  now its a corporate run capitalistic prison state.
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see http://www.thebigview.com/greeks/democritus.html
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Democracy (literally "rule by the people", from the Greek demos, "people," and kratos, "rule") is a form of government for a nation state, or for an organization in which all the citizens have an equal vote or voice in shaping policy or electing government officials. While the term democracy is often used in the context of a political state, the principles are also applicable to other bodies, such as universities, labor unions, public companies, or civic organizations.............enjoy just dont believe it actually exists!
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http://www.thedictatorship.com/ \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictatorship\n\nThese two sites are the best, you can get information off these
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The Bush Dictatorship has nothing to do with Democracy, just look at his working example in Iraq and Afghanistan. There is enough radiation in those Countries to light them up for decades.
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http://www.si.edu/archives/historic/history.htm#sib
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Democracy comes from two greek words - Demos (people) and Cratos (rule). So it means "rule by the people".\n\nDemocracy simply means that the people are the ones who make decisions. In that sense, the United States has only on rare occasions been a democracy.
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Democracy is a system where the population of a society controls the government. It may be narrowly defined as that of nation-state government specifically, or more broadly to describe a society as a whole, which can also exert political power and social power.\n\nDemocratic government aspires to serve under "the people" rather than ruling over them. This ideal is pursued by implementing some form of a voting system, usually involving indirect representation (see also republic).\n\nIndia is worlds largest Democracy.
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i'm not sure--but i can't open wikepedia in china or ussr--its blocked--guess i'll never know the truth.. however--i'd pick Canada-- can i do that ? is that allowed-- ? or do you mean that in choosing a democracy-we can only choose out of the 3?-- not a very democratic question then ,is it? or is it? anyway canada--first--netherlands second,and france 3rd--that's my democratic choice.
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The history of administation as its root all the way back to the Greek Time..... go to www.wikipedia.com and in the search type administration. u will get the info+history.
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download democracy player or go to youtube for starters. they are free!
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Somewhere around 1000 B.C.  I'm not all that up on very early classical Greek or Roman history but that's where the principles for our own government originate.  Rome was a unicameral representative republic before it became an empire.  Greece was closer to a collection of republican city-states.\n\nTrue democracy at the time, as discussed by Plato, was very close to anarchy.  The problem with true democracy is that a minority is not protected from the majority and has no rights.  It is essentially mob mentality.\n\nThe establishment of a Constitutional Republic such as ours (America's) was a truely revolutionary system at the time, wherein the rights of those in the minority were guaranteed but the policy of the majority would still be imposed.  This is most evident in the advent of a bi-cameral legislature where on one side, even states with tiny populations had an even voice with other states (equal rights for minority/majority), and on the other side the population determined the fate of the nation (majority rules).  To this day, a better system of "democratic rule" that realistically works has not been invented.\n\nSteps in recent years have been taken to nullify this system and place the power into the hands of a select group of individuals.  This is exactly the shift that converted the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.
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One of the fine points people fail to realize is that setting up a democracy is hard.  Really hard.  Just look at the United States: it took nine years as an ineffectual confederacy, seventy years of political ambiguity over regional over federal authority, many terrible compromises, and a civil war--that to most experts--that is considered the bloodiest civil war ever to be fought to get all the kinks out for us; and we originated the idea of modern democracy!  No, democracy--like any other idea system--should not be "pushed" on anyone unprepared.\n\nIf we was to be serious about seeding the idea of democracy, I think the following prerequisites would be required:\n1) A strong, charismatic, modest leader.  In the United States, we had George Washington, the general who led the Revolutionary Army (with the help of the French) to victory over the British.  His modesty and confidence in his cause was so great that he turned down dominion over the land he just fought for when the American kingship was offered to him, and this act helped to sway the people and give them faith.  To this date, George Washington is the only President to be unanimously elected and reelected to office.  Without his cult of personality and his humanity to turn down power when offered, the United States as is it known now would not have happened.\n2) A strong tradition of law and representational government.  Even though the United States is the first federal democracy, it is directly based on the principles of the British Parliament and British Common Law.  It is doubtful if the colonists would have accepted the new government if it didn't bear a resemblance to something they already knew.\n3) A desperate need to trust your own countrymen.  In the years following the Revolution, there was a real fear--that was well founded--that England sought to recapture the States and its resources and regroup it with its holdings in Canada.  The only way the former colonies would survive is together, even though the Southern States hated the Northern States' banking economy, the Northern States hated the Southern States use of slavery, etc., etc..\n4) A homogenized populace...at least originally.  Originally, the voting populace in America was white, Protestant Anglo-Saxon (or Western European) men; it would be daunting to face how a viable compromise could be made if multiple ethnicity's, both genders, and different perspective on religion and personal liberties had to be factor in at the same time the balance between the states and the federal government had to be hammered out.  Finally,\n5) A will to do it.  If England was the one that forced democracy on the colonies, it would have failed--it would have been an idea that the colonists did not want and was resistant to.  Revolutions of this type have to be bred from the inside, among the populace itself; it has to be the people's idea.\n\nI hope that helps.
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Democracy is the best of bad choices for government we have.For me, a benevolent dictatorship would be my choice. Democracy is too messy, takes too long to get going, or for people to understand, look at Iraq. Just too many disparate opinions have to be weighed for it to be effective. Sometimes, countries need a strong man{or woman} with a single vision. FDR and Lincoln come to mind in our history.
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Well, the political system of the Unted States does have some democratic features, however, it is far from a true democracy. Speaking about the actual system, not just the abuse of power occuring as of late. \n\nAnd bucksrams, thanks for the good laugh. \n\nIn all seriousness, Switzerland is probably the country that resembles a democracy the most in the world of today.