In this video, I make an ideal comparison of direct and representative democracy in order to establish which system is better. As you will understand throughout the episode, there are a number of different principles and institutions that stem from these two forms of state. Centuries passed and there is more than one reason that led to the prevailing of the latter in modern-day nation-states. Nevertheless, these reasons are not often presented, and this short video may be interesting for many viewers.

Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:32 Ancient Greece: the cradle of direct democracy
00:58 The institutions of the Athenian direct democracy
02:21 Modern Greece: a representative liberal democracy
02:53 The reasons for representation
03:15 The main differences between direct and representative democracies
03:48 Who would win between the direct and representative democracy?
05:20 It is actually not that simple
05:44 Any organization can be democratic

Learning Objectives
- What is a direct democracy
- What is a representative democracy
- What are the institutions and principles characterizing both systems
- Which system is better and why
- How power framing can be applied to any organization

#directdemocracy #understandingpolitics #gianmarcomoise

References

A simple definition of democracy given by National Geographic:
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More details on the ekklēsia, boulē, and other institutions of the Athenian direct democracy [ Ссылка ]

Direct democracy according to the Italian populist 5 Star Movement: [ Ссылка ]

A definition of representative democracy by Britannica: [ Ссылка ]

A few reasons for reading Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America”: [ Ссылка ]

“Democracy in America”: [ Ссылка ]

Acknowledgments
The blurred picture used for the thumbnail is by Mohammed Zarovski, you can see his profile on Pexels here: [ Ссылка ]

The intro has been realized with footage from Pexels.
Kelly Lacy: [ Ссылка ]
Tetsuaki Baba: [ Ссылка ]
Cottonbro: [ Ссылка ]

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