What is Democracy?

Democracy v.s. Republic


Classical v.s. Modern Democracy

Republic (Representative Government)


Prevalence of Classical Democracy


References

  • Locke, J. (1823). Second Treatise of Government: Concerning the True Original Extent and End of Civil Government.
  • Manin, B (1997). The Principles of Representative Government, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1-41.
  • Rousseau, J. J. (1778). On the Social Contract, or Priciple of Political Right. In J.-J. Rousseau, The Basic Political Writings (pp. 153-252).
  • Stasavage, D. (2020). The Decline and Rise of Democracy. Princeton: Princeton University Press.