Comparison Of Canadian Democracy And Athenian Democracy

In conclusion when comparing and contrasting American Democracy today and Athenian Democracy in 430B.C. there are many similarities and many differences. The effects and outcomes of each democracy are almost the same. Overall democracy is democracy in the end and deep down it is all the

“The spirit of democracy cannot be imposed from without. It has to come from within”. (Gandhi) A lawful and fair democracy is one that represents the people, where the will of the people is done not where the government’s will is enforced. Here in Canada we believe a democratic government is well suited for its people but like any other system it has its flaws. This country was a model democracy. Canada’s wealth, respect for legal, human and civil rights almost promises that this country has the potential to uphold a legitimate democracy. Reading headlines today concerning the state of democracy in Canada we can see how our political system is slipping. A democracy should uphold the rights of its people rather than the rights of a

The word democracy comes from two Greek words: demos, meaning "the people," and kratein, meaning "to rule." These two words are joined together to form a democracy, literally meaning "rule by the people". Nowadays democracy could be referred as a rule of the majority. It is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or choose delegates from among themselves to form a governing body, such as a parliament. The Greek system of government was maybe more like a true democracy or administered by the general population than any other ever. On the other hand, most American politicians with mindfulness and knowledge have realized that the U.S. is not a Democracy as a country, regardless of the way that most people declare it to be a Democracy. Greek and American democracy have some similarities such as the amount of nationalism and patriotism saw in the people when a lack of representation for a city-state or nation as a whole is seen, and they both vote for their political leaders.

The differences between American Democracy and Athenian Democracy are very noticeable and cannot be repudiated. Although American Democracy stems from Athenian Democracy, it has branched out and become totally different from the way Athens was run and governed. From the way each democracy’s branches are set up to who votes and how it is counted both have very unrelated systems.

The society that we live in today was formed from of all of the good things from these various systems of government. Most scholars believe that democracy began an ancient Greece. Around 510 BCE the ancient Athenians invented democracy. In the Athenian democracy each year, 500 names were drawn from all the citizens of Athens. Those 500 citizens had to serve for one year as the law makers of ancient Athens. All citizens of Athens were required to vote on any new law that this body of 500 citizens created. One man, one vote, majority ruled. Women, children, and slaves were not citizens, and thus could not vote (Roots of Democracy). Greece was a collection of some 1500 separate communities scattered round the Mediterranean and Black Sea shores. At one point in ancient Greeks history there was almost 100 years serious civil unrest, but ostracisms fulfilled their functions of preventing a civil war (Democratic Experiment). Though the Greeks were recognized as being the inventors of democracy, they’re most recognized by the modern civilization for their artwork and architecture.

The Greeks where the first democracy in the world. There government was made up of six thousand members all of witch where male citizens. They voted on problems that needed to be solved and if a law was to pass a majority vote was needed. Now in the United States also has a democracy. Instead of having six thousand people voting and making the decisions all the people vote on a representative that makes the decisions in the country.

How has democracy changed since athens golden age? When you think of American democracy you first have to think of athenian democracy because they were quite similar in many ways for example. Both americans and athenians believed that a government should be fair and ran by not just one person or leader but that citizens should have a say in what happens. Another thing similar to american and athenian democracy was that speeches or oration was an important way for people to gain popularity and to also to inspire,persuade, or entertain people, to be a part of a government public speaking is essential it helps people better understand what someone wants to do and it will persuade people either in a good or a bad way so in both american and athenian

There are multiple reasons why ancient Athens was not a Democracy in its truest sense. In Document A of the Athenian constitution, it clearly states.. “ Our constitution favors the many instead of the few,’’ however, if that were accurate, why could only twelve percent of the population vote (Document C).The Philosopher, Plato, concluded that women should have the same education and hold all positions in society (Guided Reading Activity 1-2 question 10); this is the very same conundrum that the American government had to face back in the 1920’s (Amendment 19), and it still has not been completely addressed to this day. If the Athenian constitution had favored the many as it claimed than 100 percent of the population should been allowed to vote.

The evolution of the Athenian, Roman, and U.S democracies started in ancient civilizations over 3,000 years ago. The U.S system of government has undergone changes through the past years, the U.S system is still in use. Athenian and Roman democracy's were both in the same time period, but share some big differences between them. These three different systems of government went through changes in many ways.

After the Athenians used democracy, other Greek cities attempted to follow the Athenian model of government, which were not as powerful or stable. Athenian democracy was a form of direct democracy. Direct democracy was where people did not elect officials to vote, but directly vote on legislation and bills individually. This form of democracy meant, “Every adult, male Athenian citizen had the right to participate in deliberations and voting in the law-making assembly and other governing institutions.”4

One example of democracy was illustrated in the movie summer hill when Ryan was told he didn't have to take lessons and could do what he wanted. None of the kids at summer hill had to go to lessons it was completely optional, so that made it a democracy since they chose what they wanted to take. If they didn't want to take classes they didn't have to. Another example of democracy is when the kids held meetings to decide things like, what Ryans punishment should be for stealing maddies money or for deciding what should happen to summer hill. Everyone deciding what should happen to the camp made it a democracy as well.

All throughout history there's influences on what we now know as democracy. From a period before christ all the way to British monarchies. The first achievement that paved the way for modern day democracy was hammurabi's code. Hammurabi's code was a series of laws that apply to all people. These laws were intended to keep order and peace within the babylonian empire.

Today, much of the world’s governments have converted to democracies. Some governments work better with a monarchy, for others a democracy is the right choice. For Athens a democracy brought the city to peace, but they went through many different types of governments before they settled on the democratic government. The Athenian government moved and changed from a monarchy, aristocratic oligarchy, tyranny, and finally to a direct democracy, through the different rulings of different archon emperors and leaders.

The main limitation of the Athenian democracy was its restriction to the minority group of male

Nowadays, many countries are in a democracy policy. Every citizen has their right and responsibility to change and improve their country. Democracy seems make the country become fair, however does it really work of any country? Moreover, although democracy has some advantages, it causes some problems. Unfortunately, Athenian democracy didn’t survive, but it still impacted the Greek political development a lot.