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Australia is a representative democracy. In this political system, eligible people vote for candidates to carry out the business of governing on their behalf. Australias system of governmentits institutions and practicesreflect British and North American traditions combined in a way that is uniquely Australian.

For further reading, see Australias System of Government fact sheet.

The Australian democracy has at its heart, the following core defining values:

Australian democracy has at its heart, the following core defining principles:

Australian democracy has at its heart, the following core defining features:

There is a total of 9 parliaments across Australia. One federal (or national) parliament, located in Canberra and six state parliaments and two [territory](There is a total of 9 parliaments across Australia. One federal (or national) parliament, located in Canberra and six state parliaments and two territory legislative assemblies, located in the capital cities of each state or territory. Representatives at each level are selected through regular and frequent popular elections.) legislative assemblies, located in the capital cities of each state or territory. Representatives at each level are selected through regular and frequent popular elections. Most Australian parliaments are bicameral.

The federal House of Representatives has single-member representationa system designed to elect major parties and support efficient government; while the Senate has multi-member representation. This system elects 12 senators to each state and two to each self-governing territory. It is designed to protect the interests of the states.

Members and senators divide their time between electorate duties and parliamentary duties.

Australian democracy has at its heart, the following key defining facts:

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A very popular and historically successful form of government, democracy puts power in its peoples handswell, kind of. The way this political system works is through the citizens voting in elections to decide who would be worthy to represent them in the different areas of the government. The elected officials would then make important decisions on the peoples behalf.

Democracy creates various branches of power within the government, which then creates a checks-and-balances system with individual sectors monitoring the others. Some of the most successful nations around the world employ a democratic system.

However, democracy does not come without its own set of flaws. Let us take a deep look into its pros and cons.

1. It is by the people and for the people.In a democratic form of government, everyone will be allowed to vote and participate in weighing in on what they think about the countrys political, social and economic issues, making sure that whatever decision is made, it will be in their interest and not just of the government leaders. The public would actually hold power and has opinions that matter. This sense of participation would allow the feelings of pride and patriotism that are not often seen in counties with a different political system.

2. It promotes a sense of involvement.When people have the power to vote and support certain decisions and laws, they would feel like an active part in society. This means they would feel being needed for the society to thrive. Giving power to the people and letting them get involved is definitely something that will have a considerable impact on the country as a whole.

3. It imposes equality.The vote every person has would carry the same weight, making a democratic form of government built on equality. Not only in democracy, but this reigns true in all forms of political elections, making all individuals feeling heard and important.

4. It allows for reasonable policy changes.According to proponents, this is probably the biggest pro of democracy. Considering the peoples power, they are also important to making changes to the system when they feel it is necessary, which are then agreed with the elected officials willingly.

These changes can come without violence, where power is transferred from one party to another through election, which means the government is only bound in power by terms that are separated into yearly increments. Change would be constant, and the ruling party must work for the citizens, or they would not be voted back into power. The authority given by the people would allow for a political system that does not take advantage of the given power.

5. It does not put power into a single individual.In democracy, power is spread out, and no individual holds all of the powereven the majority of it. This helps prevent exploitation of the people and corruption.

6. It provides obligation to citizens.Democracy enables the feeling of obligation to the public in motivating the ruling power. Consequently, government officials will have a duty and obligation to the citizens who voted them into position, which means they owe their success to the citizens, so they should be indebted to them in a certain degree. Such motivation can help these officials work towards policies and goals they were elected to impose.

1. It risks lack of knowledge among the people.Due to the fact that the people have the power to elect officials into office, they would be often not informed on political issues in a way that they should be, which means that many of them with voting power are not as knowledgeable about relevant issues as necessary. This is not always ideal, as common masses without the understanding of societal issues would make the wrong choices during elections.

2. It might cause the minority to get the short end.Since a democratic form of government is set up to cater to the majority, the minority would be often overlooked and even exploited. A lot of policies and laws that favor the majority are mostly hurtful to the minority, causing a large gap between the 2 groups.

3. It would allow mob influence.One big downside to democracy is the possibility that mobs will still have influence. Though the public is the one doing the voting, mobs can still influence the voters decisions. People would be influenced by others, and sometimes, political officials would even make claims to simply win their votes, instead of working for the people. The elections will then be the spotlight, rather than the policies that need to be changed.

4. It might experience election fraud.Democracy will face difficulties in functioning efficiently, especially when there is a larger to take care of. Elections and vote tallying would become a seemingly impossible task, leading to some form of corruption, such as voter fraud.

5. It may have difficulties to avoid shortfalls.Every political system does not come without flaws, which means that democracy is not a perfect system, especially that there are different people having different views, making matters complicated. Since government positions are based on short terms, the political system might also be short-term focused and would not be working for the growth of society long-term.

6. It is prone to the free time rules system.In democracy, people who have the most amount of free time would get to attend meetings frequently, influencing the government decisions that would be made. On the other hand, people with full and busy schedules would have no time to attend these meetings and could not have the same pull.

Giving any form of government a label can be difficult, and for democracy, it is quite complex, where deciding whether it is good or bad would depend on so many factors. It is a tried and true government system that has actually produced great economical and social success, but there is no solid proof that all democratic countries have out-succeeded others. The best way to reach a reasonable conclusion is to weigh its pros and cons, as well as take a look at such a political system from both sides. We can also compare it to other forms of government to give it a full evaluation.

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Because in Saudi there is a monarch rule and people are happy there but in india democracy is there and people are not happy here . Democracy leads to corruption and corruption leads to pooverty. No maters if a country is ruled by one people or a group of people .Even one person is enough to rule a country if it is good.And if leaders are not good a group of people also cant rule the country..

Well if panda bears really are black and white who is to say that they are Asian? What if butterflies really aren't butter-flies, I see no flies coated with butter flying around here. Having said all that, no... Democracy is not the best form of government, done and dusted. Period.

Because it is a lie. There is no true democracy right now. Majority only decides on candidates for a political office from given list and then the politicians decide instead of rest of population. So the politicians hide behind that lie and almost never go too prison for doing bad things because they have political immunity. So it isn't real democracy it is dream that will never come true.

Dictatorship is the best. It puts people under one leader, which seems to work out. Yes, a dictatorship may not be the most civil way to rule a nation, but it is the most unified what to rule a nation. People are all unified under one leader, and being unified is all that matters.

I think that of the current options it might be the best, but I think democracy has its issues as well. For example, you get other people deciding who is eligible to participate. That is wrong. In the past groups were not allowed to decide because of they were poor or belonged to a race. Its majority rule practice I dislike as well. The majority can dictate how I am supposed to live my life even if they don't participate in what they are dictating about.

Because in Saudi there is a monarch rule and people are happy there but in india democracy is there and people are not happy here . Democracy leads to corruption and corruption leads to pooverty. No maters if a country is ruled by one people or a group of people .Even one person is enough to rule a country if it is good.And if leaders are not good a group of people also cant rule the country..

Logically, a democracy denies the core necessity of a government. If people are too dangerous to be allowed no government, then why would you ask those same people to elect leaders? And then allow those leaders the ability to use other people, with a far more powerful monopoly of force, to stop the dangerous actions of those same people. It's equivalent to having prisoners elect a warden. Secondly, if democracy is used in absolutism, then its no better than mob rule. The only way to elevate this is by some form of Constitutionalism, but all that works for is when people have blind faith in this document and when they don't you go back to mob rule. Various versions of democracy also don't work out because inevitably you have an oligarchy of the powerful or rich like in Republics today. US politics are dominated by the rich and all they do is increase their own power and riches to make decisions.

A better solution to "democracy" is to have a system of force that has only the ability to use its monopoly to prevent basic crimes in small communities and protect the individuals of that system to have the maximum liberty possible. This is best by the advancement of civil institutions; people would be far more involved with this government because this is there communities at work. So a small-timed democracy with no monopoly of power or force in a small community is the only form of democracy that is acceptable.

First all there is no government is good, because it leads to people be oppressed. So anarchy should rule. As anarchy is total freedom, true anarchy I'd no rulers, there are laws made by people who all agreeon the laws. The individual shouldh ave the right do else he please, has long as he hurt no one has in the process.

Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the recognition of certain rights which may not be taken, not even by a 99% vote. Marvin Simkin

We are a Republican Government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or in the extremes of Democracy It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny; their figure deformity.~ Alexander Hamilton

Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.~ John Adams, 2nd President of the United States

Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their death.~ James Madison, 4th President of the United States, Father of the ConstitutionThe experience of all former ages had shown that of all human governments, democracy was the most unstable, fluctuating and short-lived.~ John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States

Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.~ John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1801-1835

If one cannot be successful in their own personal life and take care of themselves, how could they take care of/control an entire country. Money makes the world go round. Money solves all problems. The poor should not have a say. If they want a say in government then they should work to become wealthy and successful. If you don't have enough drive to be successful then you should not be allowed to have a say or complain about a change in government.

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Cited in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, Journal of Democracy is an influential international forum for scholarly analysis and competing democratic viewpoints. Its articles have been widely reprinted in many languages. Focusing exclusively on democracy, the Journal monitors and analyzes democratic regimes and movements around the world. Each issue features a unique blend of scholarly analysis, reports from democratic activists, updates on news and elections, and reviews of important recent books.

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As of the latest national elections, it costs approximately $1 billion to become president, $10 million to become a Senator, and $1 million to become a Member of the House. High-priced campaigns, an elite class of donors and spenders, superPACs, and increasing corporate political power have become the new normal in American politics. In Capitalism v. Democracy, Timothy Kuhner explains how these conditions have corrupted American democracy, turning it into a system of rule that favors the wealthy and marginalizes ordinary citizens. Kuhner maintains that these conditions have corrupted capitalism as well, routing economic competition through political channels and allowing politically powerful companies to evade market forces. The Supreme Court has brought about both forms of corruption by striking down campaign finance reforms that limited the role of money in politics. Exposing the extreme economic worldview that pollutes constitutional interpretation, Kuhner shows how the Court became the architect of American plutocracy.

Capitalism v. Democracy offers the key to understanding why corporations are now citizens, money is political speech, limits on corporate spending are a form of censorship, democracy is a free market, and political equality and democratic integrity are unconstitutional constraints on money in politics. Supreme Court opinions have dictated these conditions in the name of the Constitution, as though the Constitution itself required the privatization of democracy. Kuhner explores the reasons behind these opinions, reveals that they form a blueprint for free market democracy, and demonstrates that this design corrupts both politics and markets. He argues that nothing short of a constitutional amendment can set the necessary boundaries between capitalism and democracy.

About the author

Timothy K. Kuhner is Associate Professor at Georgia State University College of Law. He teaches mainly in the areas of international and comparative law. Before moving to Atlanta, Tim spent three years as Associate Professor of Anglo-American Law at the University of Navarra in Spain. During this time, he researched the role of money in politics in Western European democracies. Educated at Bowdoin College and Duke Law School, but inspired by foreign viewpoints, Tim brings a wide-ranging, critical perspective to the study of democratic integrity.

"In Capitalism v. Democracy, Professor Timothy Kuhner convincingly shows that by blurring the line between economic and democratic values and rationalities, the legal regime governing money in politics has made this corrosion manifest. Professor Kuhner's impressive book brings economic and political theory to bear on the evolution of the constitutional law of democracy, which he argues not only permits but "amplifie[s]" the substitution of democratic values for free-market notions of economic competition in the political sphere . . . Professor Kuhner's timely book will interest scholars and reformers alike."

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"This book made me realize just how dangerous supreme courts can be for matters of inequality and democracy."

Thomas Piketty, Author of Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century

"Law professor Timothy Kuhner has written an exhaustive, learned analysis of the Supreme Court's campaign finance jurisprudence, drawing on legal, political science, and economics perspectives. It is at the same time a sustained, passionate polemic against the contributions of the Roberts Court to that jurisprudence . . . The book is essential for those interested in election law or campaign finance reform, and makes useful contributions in the fields of political economy and democratic theory."

Daniel Hoffman, Law and Politics Book Review

"As informed and informative as it is thoughtful and thought-provoking, Capitalism v. Democracy: Money in Politics and the Free Market Constitution is a minor masterpiece of political science and judicial scholarship. A seminal contribution to academic library collections, Capitalism v. Democracy is exceptionally well-written, organized, and presented, making it ideal for the non-specialist general reader seeking a better and non-partisan understanding of the impact money has on democracy and the American political system."

Jack Mason, Midwest Book Review

"Timothy Kuhner is one of today's most important young legal thinkers. Bringing a highly sophisticated understanding of both law and economics to bear on the critical relationship between democracy and the 21st century marketplace, Capitalism v. Democracy avoids easy answers and empty slogans. A must-read for anyone concerned with the health of American constitutional democracy, regardless of political inclinations."

Jefferson Powell, Duke University School of Law

"After Citizens United and McCutcheon, it is essential to think about the relationship of money to politics and the rights of corporations in our constitutional democracy. Timothy Kuhner has written a brilliant examination of these issues. All concerned with American democracy (which should be all of us) need to read this insightful book about political power at a time when money, and the corporations that possess it, have increasing influence."

Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Irvine School of Law

"This powerfully written work teaches us a fundamental lesson about American politics today: that the demand for reform is not partisan. From the Right and Left, Kuhner shows why the rules that corrupt both democracy and capitalism must change."

Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School

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