Political Science · Political Theory
Direct democracy is now practised in:
ACantons of Switzerland ✓ Correct
BStates of India
CStates of America
DEngland
Correct answer: (A) Cantons of Switzerland — Direct democracy survives today in the cantons of Switzerland, so the answer is the cantons of Switzerland.
Explanation
★Direct democracy survives today in the cantons of Switzerland, so the answer is the cantons of Switzerland.
★In some Swiss cantons citizens still assemble in open-air meetings to decide local laws.
★They also use devices like the referendum, the initiative and the recall at national level.
★The referendum lets citizens vote directly on a proposed law or constitutional change.
★The initiative lets citizens propose laws, and the recall lets them remove an official before term.
★India, America and England all run representative, not direct, democracy at the level mentioned.
★Switzerland is thus the leading modern example of direct citizen participation in government.
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