Democracy

Authority

Position

Power

People

Adam Smith

Herbert Spencer

Bentham

Locke

Adult franchise

Manhood franchise

Right to vote is given to educated people

Right to vote is vested in propertied class

Against separation of powers

Against periodical elections

In favour of elections because they help in gauging public opinion

Against decentralisation of authority

J.S.Mill

T.H.Green

Laski

Bakunin

People directly representatives

People take direct part in the administration of the country

People appoint the civil servants

All government officials are appointed subject to the final approval of the people

The people to recall their representatives if they do not act according to their wishes

The adult citizens to take direct part in the solution to the affairs facing their area

The local self-government institutions to work efficiently

The people to remove the corrupt judges

India

East Germany

USSR

Switzerland

Head of the state

Head of the Government

Head of the judiciary

Among the people

Free mass media

Independence of Judiciary

Representative government

Dential of fundamental rights