What is a democracy
Title:
What is a democracy
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
This interesting book describes the characteristics of a democracy, a political system in which the government's power comes from its citizens. Democratic governments around the world are featured to show examples of direct and representative democracy.
Year Published:
2013
Series:
Physical Description:
48 pages : colored illustrations ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Rules and government -- Democracy in action -- Where are democracies? -- First democracies -- Colonial Europe -- Kinds of democracies -- Parliamentary democracy -- Rights of the people -- Power to the people -- Power grab -- In charge -- Selecting leaders -- National powers -- The law -- Business matters -- In the media -- Role of cultures -- Forms of government -- Assessing democracy -- Power of people -- Documents of democracy.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 6.5 1.0 159146
Subject:
ISBN:
9780778753162
9780778753230
Publisher:
New York : Crabtree Publishing Company, [2013]
