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The History of Democracy

--Teng Yun

+The word “Democracy”

n Originated from Ancient Greece

n A political system in which all the members of the society have an equal share of formal political power. -- Dictionary

+Ancient Greece

n Direct democracy

n Not everyone’s democracy

n Foundation of modern democracy system

Pericles(495 BC – 429BC)

+Roman Republic

n Law of the Twelve Tables

n Too big to hold democracy

Law of the Twelve Tables

+Middle Ages

n Dark Age(Generally)

n Democracy? No!

n Kings, Lords, Popes

n Autonomous cities emerges

Florence

Castle in Middle Ages

+Renaissance

n Humanism

n The liberation of human

+The Reformation

n Against theocracy

n Bourgeois Revolution

Martin Luther(1483-1546)

+Glorious Revolution

n Overthrow King James II of England

n Constitutional Monarchy

n Beginning of modern democracy

+The Enlightenment

Voltaire(1694-1778) Montesquieu(1689-1755) Rousseau(1712-1778)

+Once upon a time in America

n The Declaration of Independence

n George Washington as the first President

+French Revolution

n Freedom

n Equality

n Fraternity

+All cross Europe

n Against monarchy/autocracy

n Civilian vs Nobles

n Liberalism vs Dictatorship

+Dictators

n The world in chaos

n Fascism

n Imperialism

n Disaster for all human kind

+Post World War II

n Decolonization

n Civil Rights Movements

n Asia/Latin America/Africa

Nonviolent Resistance lead by Gandhi

Cuban Revolution

+New waves

n Mainly 1980s

n Representative government for East European countries

n Socialism to Captalism

n Hungary

n Yugoslavia

+The near yesterday

n Egypt

n Tunisia

n Bahrain

n Yemen

n Jordan

n Syria

+Other forms of Democracy

n Company Board

n Workers’ Union

+Opponents

n Anarchism

+China

n A long way to go

+The price of Democracy

n Often companied with Revolutions

n Inefficient

Socrates(469BC – 399BC)