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Miroff, The Democratic Debate, 2/e (2061 words) |
 | Popular democracy, with its roots in the direct, face-to-face democracy embodied by the Greek city-states, is defined as a political system in which the people are directly involved, as much as possible, in making the decisions that affect their lives. |
| Popular democrats recognize that representatives are necessary, but believe that these elected officials should remain as close as possible to the people, accurately reflecting the people's beliefs and interests. |
| Popular democrats argue that many people are alienated from politics and thus view their own participation as meaningless. |
| Venezuela and the Popular Movement Raul Zelik interviews Roland Denis (2949 words) |
| He has always been connected with Venezuela's popular movements and is the author of a book on the Caracazo, the rebellion and riots of February 1989. |
| While the revolutionary movement made an impressive leap in those days-we should not forget that it was the popular movements that defeated the 47hour dictatorship of Pedro Carmona-the state has assumed a more conservative position since then. |
| In the past 18 months the popular movement defeated the right twice and in the armed forces at least there is a considerable sector that would resist an extreme right-wing offensive. |
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