THE CLASSICAL MODELS OF DEMOCRACY ACCORDING TO DAVID HELD’S CLASSIFICATION
DAVİD HELD’IN SINIFLANDIRMASINA GÖRE DEMOKRASİNİN KLÂSİK MODELLERİ

Author : Hüseyin BAL
Number of pages : 213-229

Abstract

For the first time in history, most people in the world now live under a political system that one can regard as democracy. This phenomenon indicates that this period of time is an era of democracy. Democracy is the name of a political system in which the whole people make the basic determining decisions on important matters of public policy. Especially after the final quarter of 20th century, this system is so in demand that now nearly all political regimes need to introduce themselves as democratic in one way. This transformation is one of the most important and meaningful incidents of political history. However, it is clear that a regime is not necessarily democratic just because it claims or argues to be. Thus, there are some basic criteria that determine to be ‘democratic’ as well as some qualifications that regarded as necessities of further democracy. The models of democracy emerges these further qualifications. While some models consider the in

Keywords

Classical Democracy, Athenian Democracy, Republicanism, Liberal Democracy, Direct Democracy

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