1.
Democracy was born in
Greece, in Athens, in 510 BC.

2.
 The American president Lincoln defined
democracy in 1863 as "Government of the
people, by the people, for the people".
Demos (The
People)
+
Kratia
(Rule/Power)

3.
•Equality
•Tolerance
•Regular, free and fair
elections

4.
•Controlling abuse of power
•Human rights
•Rule of law

5.
1. Representative
- Parlimentary democracy
- Liberal democracy
2. Direct/Classic Democracy
3. Socialist Democracy
4. Anarchist Democracy
5. Tribal Democracy
6. Consensus Democracy

6.
• Democracy started in Greece but it wasn’t perfect.
• Slaves, women and foreigners couldn’t vote.
• Only those who were considered citizens could vote.
• Greek Democracy only lasted 200 years
Vote

7.
• Democracy was asleep for more than 2000 years.
• Democracy was set again with the French Revolution
(1789) and the American Revolution (1776).

8.
 So a ModernModern type of democracy started;
 The british philosopher John Locke was the first to say
that there should be a separation between the legislativea separation between the legislative
power and the judicial power.power and the judicial power.

9.
 But it was the french philosopher Montesquieu that
formulated the principles of Modern Democracy.
 The political freedom would be guaranteed by the separationseparation
od the three powers : LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE and
JUDICIAL.
MODERN DEMOCRACYMODERN DEMOCRACY

10.
•Democracy was challenged by
Nazism and Fascism.
•But after the World War II
Democracy stood up against
these non-democratic systems.