As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics until the twentieth century.
Ironically, the very fact that democracy has such a lengthy history has actually contributed to confusion and disagreement, for 'democracy' has meant different things to different people at different times and places.
If democracy is justified in governing the state,then it must also be justified in governing economic enterprises, and to say that it is not justified in governing economic enterprises is to imply that it is not justified in governing the state.Collection: Democracy
Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselvesCollection: Democracy
Most of us readily take things for granted that at an earlier time remained to be discoveredCollection: Taking Things For Granted
Require... electoral votes to be allocated in proportion to the popular votesCollection: Popular Vote