Unit 1.1
Define Democracy
-Democracy can be defined as a form of government where the power lies with the people,or population of the country, and is exercised by their representatives.
- Therefore democracy means that the citizens of the country give the government power to rule "on loan"
On which values is South Africa founded on?
-Universal adult suffrage
-A national common voters'roll
-Regular elections
-A multipart system of democratic government, to ensure accountability, responsiveness and openness.
List the 3 forms of democracy
-Representative democracy
-Participatory democracy
-Direct democracy
Representative democracy
-Representative democracy is described in chaper 2 of the Constitution, which contains the bill of rights
-Chapter 2 describes a system for electing government representatives and suggests mandates for those representatives.
- It means that the people of the country can take part in politics through their duly elected representatives.
Participatory democracy
-Participatory democracy means that individuals and institutions must get the opportunity
to tak part in decision making related to issues that affect them.
-Participatory democracy occurs when individuals or institutions submit comments on proposed legislation that is due to go to parliment for consideration.
Direct Democracy
- Direct Democracy enables the electorate to contribute to a dicision on a difficult
or contentious issue.
- Direct democracy allows for decisions of this importance to be
made directly by the people, or the electrorate.
-It is practiced through a process called referendum.
Electorate
All the citizens in a country who are allowed to vote in an election.
Contentious
Causing or likeley to cause an argument; controversial.
Referendum
- A general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been reffered
to them for a direct decision.
- A referendum serves as a counterweight to the power of political parties in a representative democracyand to balance exerted by interes groups in a participatory democracy.
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