What may threaten a democracy ?

In Norway today, we have a social system and the control set that is called democracy. What is a democracy lies in the name comes from the Greek words demos and kratein, which means people and to control, ie folkestyre. In brief, democracy is also a form of government based on that the people decide what kind of policy that should be. As we understand by the name of democracy originated from Greece. Solon is considered to be the inventor of democracy. He was a statesman and poet in Athens around 500-400 years before the Christian era. He believed that the show Monday ga the lower social classes, the rights they would more easily follow their leaders.

In a democracy you have certain basic rights that expression, belief, thought and freedom, property rights, political freedom and equality.

As the legislative power (Parliament / Parliament, in Norway: The Norwegian Parliament), the executive power (government) and the judicial power (the courts). We also have the fourth is the free press, this unofficial, but an important part of democracy because it controls the powers of the people.

All people have equal rights regardless of gender, sexuality, religion or ethnic origin. Free choice, also called the sovereign people tiet, for anyone who is a Norwegian citizen and people who are over 18 But if you have lived in Norway three consecutive years, you can vote at the county and the throne even if you're not a Norwegian citizen. Another important part is that you have the right to freedom of association, such as trade unions and parties. One has a political-free zones, which means that the state has nothing with whether, for example, sexuality, alcohol use, smoking, and religion. We have a pluralism which means that all are equal, all parties have the right to participate in the discussions, saying his opinion, this also applies to people. Decision Smooth Equality which means that each one's purpose and have the same weight when to take collective decisions.

A dictatorship is a civil form of government where power, including violence, power, rests with a single person or group. A leader as a dictator called a dictator. The country can also be controlled by a military junta or a group of military leaders then called it a militærdiktatur. militærjuntaene we find and it has been in Latin America, but has also occurred / occurs in countries such as Pakistan, Burma, Portugal, Greece, Spain, Algeria, Congo, a number of other countries in Africa. Dictatorship is the opposite of a democracy in that they, for example, lacks power distribution system with the legislative power, the executive power and judicial power. Generally, the distinction between the legislative and executive powers revoked. Diktatoren can decide the laws that the courts must follow, therefore, it is not a good idea to check the courts.

We also say that today we have a fourth power, namely the media. I dikaturiske country's media controlled by the state, in relation to democracy which show politicians do something wrong the media will distribute this to the people. In a dictatorship, only the positive state will come to light. People do not like certain groups as potential leader (-erne) does not agree can be suppressed without punishment or conviction for those who perform the suppression. Man has no free elections, by for example, not all have equal voting rights and it is a party and vote for. No organization's freedom, the organizations are governed and controlled by the state. Organizations that are not this can be punish persecuted. Not politics-free zones, that you may be punish persecuted for being gay, or belonging to a particular religion or ethnic group. They have not pluralism since there is only a game.

This map shows how elections take place in different countries, and as we see, there are large parts of the world where elections are unfree or partially free.

For a democracy to function, it is important that the majority is for a democracy and support it. Those who govern and the people must follow the rules of democracy and respect them. Following the division of power principle and must be ordered in a way that works it works. Democracy's worst enemy is sofa voters and indifference to politics, the belief that it will not help to choose.