Why was direct democracy not practical during the 19th century?

Description

Mind Map on Why was direct democracy not practical during the 19th century?, created by brabbitt on 07/10/2013.
brabbitt
Mind Map by brabbitt, updated more than 1 year ago
brabbitt
Created by brabbitt over 10 years ago
61
1

Resource summary

Why was direct democracy not practical during the 19th century?
  1. The populations were much larger and diverse than that of Ancient Greece
    1. The size of the state was often too large for all of the people to assemble together.
    2. Most people remained illiterate and uneducated. Expecting them to reach important political decisions was unrealistic.
      1. There was a fear that the minority groups would suffer discrimination at the hands of the majority.
        1. The interests of the landowners, merchants and businessmen would be swamped by that of the ordinary people, who were numerically superior.
          1. Only a minority of people owned their own property, they feared tyranny of the non-property owning class.
        Show full summary Hide full summary

        Similar

        GCSE Biology, Module B4
        jessmitchell
        GCSE English Language Overview
        philip.ellis
        Biological molecules
        sadiaali363
        GCSE Physics Revision notes
        Megan McDonald
        The Cold War: An Overview_2
        Andrea Leyden
        GCSE AQA Biology 2 Cells & Diffusion
        Lilac Potato
        GCSE Maths Quiz: Ratio, Proportion & Measures
        Andrea Leyden
        Leaving Certificate Japanese Kanji
        Sarah Egan
        Using GoConqr to study geography
        Sarah Egan
        New GCSE Maths required formulae
        Sarah Egan
        2PR101 1.test - 4. část
        Nikola Truong