Popular democracy is a notion of direct democracy based on referendums and other devices of empowerment and concretization of popular will. The concept evolved out of the political philosophy of populism, as a fully democratic version of this popular empowerment ideology, but since it has become independent of it, and some even discuss if they are antagonistic or unrelated now (see Values). Though the expression has been used since the 19th century and may be applied to English Civil War politics, at least the notion (or the notion in its current form) is deemed recent and has only recently been fully developed.
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👉 Popular democracy in the context of Giuseppe Mazzini
Giuseppe Mazzini (UK: /mætˈsiːni/, US: /mɑːtˈ-, mɑːdˈziːni/; Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe matˈtsiːni]; 22 June 1805 – 10 March 1872) was an Italian politician, journalist, and activist for the unification of Italy (Risorgimento) and spearhead of the Italian revolutionary movement. His efforts helped bring about the independent and unified Italy in place of the several separate states, many dominated by foreign powers, that existed until the 19th century. An Italian nationalist in the historical radical tradition and a proponent of a republicanism of social-democratic inspiration, Mazzini helped define Europeanism for popular democracy in a republican state.
Mazzini's thoughts influenced the Italian and European republican movements, the Constitution of Italy, and Europeanism, as well as politicians of a later period, including Fascist Dictator Benito Mussolini, American president Woodrow Wilson, British prime minister David Lloyd George, Indian independence movement figures Mahatma Gandhi, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar & Jawaharlal Nehru, and Former President of China Sun Yat-sen.
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Popular democracy in the context of Mazzinianism
Giuseppe Mazzini (UK: /mætˈsiːni/, US: /mɑːtˈ-, mɑːdˈziːni/; Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe matˈtsiːni]; 22 June 1805 – 10 March 1872) was an Italian politician, journalist, and activist for the unification of Italy (Risorgimento) and spearhead of the Italian revolutionary movement. His efforts helped bring about the independent and unified Italy in place of the several separate states, many dominated by foreign powers, that existed until the 19th century. An Italian nationalist in the historical radical tradition and a proponent of a republicanism of social-democratic inspiration, Mazzini "helped define the European movement for popular democracy in a republican state."
Mazzini's thoughts influenced the Italian and European republican movements, the Constitution of Italy, and Europeanism, as well as politicians of a later period, including Fascist Dictator Benito Mussolini, American president Woodrow Wilson, British prime minister David Lloyd George, Indian independence movement figures Mahatma Gandhi, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar & Jawaharlal Nehru, and Former President of China Sun Yat-sen.