Democracy - A Citizen's View
A Democratic Introduction Democracy is a form of political organization in which all people, through consensus (consensus democracy), direct referendum (direct democracy), or elected representatives (representative democracy) exercise equal control over the matters which affect their interests With so many conflicting interests being reality, equal control over any matter seems impractical. Would the oppressed and oppressor have equal control over any matter? According to one definition, democracy is a political system in which all the members of the society have an equal share of formal political power. In modern representative democracy, this formal equality is embodied primarily in the right to vote. If the democracy just boils down to this aspect of right of vote, how much value does this special right provide to 41% of the population who fall below global poverty line? Could they ask for Rice at reasonable price and get it? Could they ask for equal opportunities amidst the in