Cultural history of democracy

Did changing cultural values make modern democracy possible?

National democracy is a rare thing in human history and its stability has long been tied to the cultural values of citizens.
Yet it has not been established whether changing cultural values made modern democracy possible or whether those values were a response to democratic institutions.

How does democracy work?

Democracy is a system of government in which power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or through freely elected representatives.
The term is derived from the Greek ‘demokratia,’ which was coined in the 5th century BCE to denote the political systems of some Greek city-states, notably Athens.

Where did democracy come from?

The concepts (and name) of democracy and constitution as a form of government originated in ancient Athens circa 508 BCE.
In ancient Greece, where there were many city-states with different forms of government, democracy was contrasted with governance by elites (aristocracy), by one person (monarchy), by tyrants (tyranny), etc.

Who wrote a cultural history of democracy in antiquity?

Paul Cartledge , Carol Atack , A cultural history of democracy in antiquity .
The cultural histories series .
London; New York:

Bloomsbury Academic
2021

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Pp. xiv, 252.
ISBN 9781350042933 [Authors and titles are listed at the end of the review.] .

The history of democracy in Mexico dates to the establishment of the federal republic of Mexico in 1824.
After a long history under the Spanish Empire (1521–1821), Mexico gained its independence in 1821 and became the First Mexican Empire led by royalist military officer Agustín de Iturbide.
Three years later, a federal republic was created under the Constitution of 1824.
However, the republic was truncated by a series of military coups, most notably that of politician-general Antonio López de Santa Anna.
Santa Anna held immense sway over the fledgling Mexican democracy until 1855, when he was ousted by liberal politicians.

Political system of Japan during the Taishō period (1912-26)

Taishō Democracy was a liberal and democratic trend across the political, economic, and cultural fields in Japan that began roughly after the Russo-Japanese War and continued until the end of the Taishō era (1912–1926).
This trend was most evident in the field of politics, famously represented by the Taishō Democracy Movement> (大正デモクラシー運動) and the establishment of the Seitō Naikaku System> (政党内閣制), a representative democracy in which the party with a majority in parliament organizes the cabinet.
The term Taishō Democracy has been widely used since the book The History of Taishō Democracy> written by Shinobu Seizaburō.

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