Popular democracy
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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.
Not to be confused with People's democracy (Marxism–Leninism).
For the Ecuatorian party, see Christian Democratic Union (Ecuador). For the former Irish party, see People's Democracy (Ireland).