2014-民主的历史

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The History of Democracy
--Teng Yun

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The word “Democracy”
n Originated from Ancient Greece
n A political system in which all the members of the society have an
equal share of formal political power. -- Dictionary

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Ancient Greece
n Direct democracy
n Not everyone’s democracy
n Foundation of modern democracy system
Pericles(495 BC – 429BC)

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Roman Republic
n Law of the Twelve Tables
n Too big to hold democracy
Law of the Twelve Tables

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Middle Ages
n Dark Age(Generally)
n Democracy? No!
n Kings, Lords, Popes
n Autonomous cities emerges
Florence
Castle in Middle Ages

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Renaissance
n Humanism
n The liberation of human

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The Reformation
n Against theocracy
n Bourgeois Revolution
Martin Luther(1483-1546)

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Glorious Revolution
n Overthrow King James II of England
n Constitutional Monarchy
n Beginning of modern democracy

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The Enlightenment
Voltaire(1694-1778) Montesquieu(1689-1755) Rousseau(1712-1778)

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Once upon a time in America
n The Declaration of Independence
n George Washington as the first President

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French Revolution
n Freedom
n Equality
n Fraternity

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All cross Europe
n Against monarchy/autocracy
n Civilian vs Nobles
n Liberalism vs Dictatorship

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Dictators
n The world in chaos
n Fascism
n Imperialism
n Disaster for all human kind

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Post World War II
n Decolonization
n Civil Rights Movements
n Asia/Latin America/Africa
Nonviolent Resistance lead by Gandhi
Cuban Revolution

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New waves
n Mainly 1980s
n Representative government for East European countries
n Socialism to Captalism
n Hungary
n Yugoslavia

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The near yesterday
n Egypt
n Tunisia
n Bahrain
n Yemen
n Jordan
n Syria

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Other forms of Democracy
n Company Board
n Workers’ Union

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Opponents
n Anarchism

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China
n A long way to go

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The price of Democracy
n Often companied with Revolutions
n Inefficient
Socrates(469BC – 399BC)