Direct and Indirect Systems of Government.edited

Most government systems in the world can be described as direct and Indirect (representative) democracies. Democracy is a form of governance where the supreme power lies in the hands of the people. A representative democracy entails a system of governance where citizens do not govern directly In this democracy, people vote for its representatives including the members of congress, mays, members of town assemblies, mayors, and state legislatures. Decision-making embraces the majority rule which influences the execution of government activities. In a direct democracy, people directly participate in making government decisions. Members attend public meetings where they vote in for or against the proposed laws. Some of the early democracies that embraced direct democracy include Early Athens, Liechtenstein politics, the United States, and Switzerland (Christmann et al. 134). Some of the duties that people directly participated in this democracy included; making laws, directly electing and dismissing officials, and passing executive decisions.