What are democratic values? All modern politics, as well as international relations, literally revolve around this concept. Numerous political opponents in various states constantly accuse each other of the lack of this very democracy. Most developed
world states of our time are countries with a democratic regime. However, states with different governance principles and values are becoming outcasts. Democratic regimes, according to prominent contemporary thinker Francis Fukuyama, are not only the most progressive in the modern world, but also ideal forms of government. And such a view today really has many supporters. After all, democratic regimes actually demonstrate the highest productivity and legal capacity.
The ancient origins of democracy
The idea of democracy is an original European product. Its first realized version was the policies of ancient Greece, where government agencies
(Areopagus, Bule, councils of archons) were elected by voting, and the most important decisions for cities were made by the whole people. Interestingly, a procedure was even invented here, which is a de facto preventive measure to protect the democratic regime of the policy state - ostracism. Many of the achievements of ancient Greek civilization were later captured by the Romans. Including the idea of democracy here has taken on new forms. It was in the Roman Republic that the concept of citizenship was born, which is close to modernity. In addition, here for the first time in the world the idea of separation of branches of power arose and was realized - something without which such a form of government is unthinkable today.
