Democracy⚫ Demokratia⚫ A political system in which the people, not monarchs oraristocracries, rule.⚫ Democratic rule has taken different forms at varying periods in different societies, depending on how the concept is interpreted.⚫ The people has been variously understood as owner the property, white men, educated men, men, and adult men and women.⚫ The form that democracy takes in a given context is an outcome of how its values and goals are understood and prioritized.⚫ Representative democracy⚫ Participatory democracy