Talk:Democracy (varieties)
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The text in the direct democracy section here was identical to subsection text in the main page on direct democracy before recent edits. Also it was mainly pros/cons information which I think should be reserved for the more in depth analysis on it's main page. So I copied the initial definition portion of direct democracy to democracy(varieties) and put a link to direct democracy with explicite mention of pros/cons and history.
I wouldn't know how to do this but could the text on the topic of direct democracy on the page democracy(varieties) be set to be the first section of direct democracy page. Then we would not have to update the text on democracy(varieties) whenever direct democracy changes. Otherwise the only sensible thing would be to make democracy(varieties) into a link page but then do we have pages for each of these varieties? Just an idea :) Barnaby dawson 09:00, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Hamiltonian, Jeffersonian, and (perhaps) Jacksonian democracy
I came here looking for a comparison of Hamiltonian, Jeffersonian, and (perhaps) Jacksonian democracy. I found nothing, although it seems it should be on this page or linked on this page. I don't know enough about the topic myself to add anything, but maybe someone else does. As such, I bring it up in the discussion area. Scott Armstrong
- 66.167.252.194 18:19, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC): I've done a basic cross-reference to articles on Jeffersonian democracy and Jacksonian democracy.
Constitution democracy
66.167.252.194 18:19, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC): As in the previous topic, I came here looking for a comparison which I didn't find and can't produce easily. Specifically, I was looking for the topic constitutional democracy, a phrase found frequently in Google (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22constitutional+democracy%22) but not yet covered directly. The section on indirect democracy, a much rarer phrase found by Google (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22indirect+democracy%22) is where the topic could exist. Based purely on online evidence, my initial impression is that indirect democracy should eliminated as a variety of democracy, given the phrase's rarity. Instead, a more specific list of types of indirect democracy should be created. This could be started by splitting up the existing indirect democracy section.
Switzerland and direct democracy
I am a swiss citizen and I would like to indicate that Switzerland is not a direct democracy, but a mixed between direct and indirect (in french : démocratie mixte), you can see it for yourself at : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9mocratie_directe that it does not exist any direct democracy.