Types of democracy

Types of democracy refers to kinds of governments or social structures which allow people to participate equally, either directly or indirectly.

A direct democracy or pure democracy is a type of democracy where the people govern directly. It requires wide participation of citizens in politics.Athenian democracy or classical democracy refers to a direct democracy developed in ancient times in the Greek city-state of Athens. A popular democracy is a type of direct democracy based on referendums and other devices of empowerment and concretization of popular will.

An industrial democracy is an arrangement which involves workers making decisions, sharing responsibility and authority in the workplace (see also [[workplace)).

A representative democracy is an indirect democracy where sovereignty is held by the people's representatives.

Types of representative democracy include:

A demarchy has people randomly selected from the citizenry through sortition to either act as general governmental representatives or to make decisions in specific areas of governance (defense, environment, etc.).

A non-partisan democracy is system of representative government or organization such that universal and periodic elections (by secret ballot) take place without reference to political parties.

An organic or authoritarian democracy is a democracy where the ruler holds a considerable amount of power, but their rule benefits the people. The term was first used by supporters of Bonapartism.

A bioregional democracy matches geopolitical divisions to natural ecological regions.

A cellular democracy, developed by economist Fred E. Foldvary, uses a multi-level bottom-up structure based on either small neighborhood governmental districts or contractual communities.

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