JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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Lack of public interest
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Our massive population
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Technology is not available
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The countries relatively small size
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Detailed explanation-1: -Direct democracy was not what the framers of the United States Constitution envisioned for the nation. They saw a danger in tyranny of the majority. As a result, they advocated a representative democracy in the form of a constitutional republic over a direct democracy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Direct democracy is not possible in India because of its too many population . it is not possible for all people to sit together and make decisions.
Detailed explanation-3: -There are no elected representatives to act on behalf of the citizens. It is not possible to practice direct democracy in the present day world with the population of each country running into millions. In a direct democracy for of government, it is the people who vote and decide upon policy initiatives.
Detailed explanation-4: -Problems like money politics, identity politics, wrangling between political parties, political polarization, social division, racial tension and wealth gap have become more acute. All this has weakened the functioning of democracy in the US.