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Two Way Governance: Presentation 5
Political organisation has widespread
cultural roots. The form we have today
is thought to have started when hunter-
gatherer people first began to farm and
live in settled communities.
They might first have had clan leaders
and elders to make their societies work.
Then chiefs and kings started to
appear.
Over time, people wanted to be part of
a system of government that was the
same for everybody.
It took thousands of years for
democracy as we know it to emerge.
The Western style system we have
today is very new in history.
Democracy became the way of
government in Britain (where it is
known as the Westminster system), the
United States of America, France and
many other countries.