Demokracija/ DEMOCRACY

What is democracy?• Realization of control over political authority

• Acting in the interests of citizens

• "The rule of the people"

History of democracy

GREECE The oldest known form of democracy in the sixth century BC was used in the Greek city Chios, but the boom of democracy was in the fifth century BC in Athens in the time of Pericles. The National Assembly, consisting of all citizens, deal with all matters of general interest, enact legislation, tax liabilities, and often judgments.

The emergence of the Republic• The Roman Republic• System senate, consuls and popular tribune

• Res publica res populi• Patrijciji and plebeians• Gained the right to vote

Contemporary democracy France and the US are sometimes considered the birth place of modern democracy but the word 'democracy' only started being used in France after the Revolution in 1789. The road towards today's democracy was long, there was much instability: 2 empires (with Napoleon I and Napoleon II), 2 monarchies, 5 republics and the Vichy regime during World War II (with Marshall Pétain). It was in 1958 that General de Gaulle finally founded the Fifth Republic, France's current regime based on revolutionary ideals: 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity'. (summary made by French students from the Library of Congress website).

The Goal of Democracy•The values of democracy: freedom, dignity and equality

•What greater measure of freedom, personal responsibility and social justice

Democracy in Croatia

• Croatian independence in 1991

• The first democratic elections

• The establishment of political parties

• A number of political parties• Parliamentary elections

Presented by:

•Anamarija Mlinarić•Monika Zerec•4.a