1. Greek Democracy
-Aristotle Democracy: a form of government that makes political decisions directly exercised by the whole body of citizens, under procedures of majority rule. ... The founders of democracy in Athens exercised decisions through a direct democracy in which all male citizens were allowed to have direct influence on the decisions. ... Athenian democracy functioned within the limits of an exclusive relationship and freedom but political rights were reserved for the male citizen. ... Aristotle proves the difference between old forms of government and the new democracy in his writing in Politics.(127...
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