America s Establishment Of Democratization - 1498 Words

In the year 507B.C, Cleisthenes introduced a system that incorporated political reforms and named it demokratia. The new structure imposed a type of governance encompassing a rule by the people (Bury 101). In order to implement the mechanism of the governance, Cleisthenes derived three institutions which constituted the Ekklesia (the governing body), the boule (council of representatives) and the dikasteria (courts which citizens argued out cases). Romans on the other hand are considered imperialists and are not considered pioneers of democracy. However, they too qualified under democratic systemization considering that the Ancient Rome operated between the republican period; 300BC and 50BC (Bury 75). Therefore, despite the strong†¦show more content†¦Through the establishment of democracy in Athens, Cleisthenes was successful in abolishing the political aristocracy that had monopolized decision-making. However, the introduction of the democratic governance was marked by ref orms within a small portion of the Athenian population. During the founding of democracy, the Athenian population was limited to about 100,000; this constituted citizens whose parents were also born within the state. The rest of the population comprised of 10,000 resident foreigners (metoikoi) and 150,000 slaves (Dahl 66). Within the whole population, the state allowed only the males who were above 18years to participate in the democratic processes. Therefore, the beginning of the 4th century was marked by a developing democratic system that was limited relative to who could participate in the process. On the other hand, the traditions that founded Rome were instituted in 753 BC. The State was initially occupied by the Etruscans who settled in central Rome and ruled the Empire for over one century (Bury 75). The Roman kings were elected from each of the Roman tribes in turns. In military matters, the king’s authority was considered imperium and was also elected the head of the state religion (Dahl 65). Besides the king’s authority in resolving matters within the state, there were three other institutions that delegated powers in decision-making. The comitia curate had the powers to ratify the laws