From: Dave Zachariah (davez@kth.se)
Date: Tue Mar 11 2008 - 09:31:01 EDT
GERALD LEVY wrote: > Democracy has historically taken different forms in different social > formations and that is a fact. At issue is: who decides which form? > Is it the workers and poor themselves, the intelligentsia, or some > other group? The original meaning and forms of the term has to be determined by historical research. Then it is a matter of opinion of how inclusive the term should be. I prefer being more precise here, calling it 'classical democracy' which has two distinguishing features: decision making by an Assembly of citizens and representative bodies drawn by lot. //Dave Z _______________________________________________ ope mailing list ope@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/ope
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