1. Systems of government www.scholastic.com www.livescience.com en.wikipedia.org 2 . What is democracy? en.wikipedia.org www.britannica.com 3. Past of democracy success: peaceful defeat of authoritarian regimes (despotic monarchies, dictatorships) failure: populism and demagoguery 4. Present of democracy (crisis of governance) The case against democracy 5. Future of democracy the right mix a self-rule and meritocracy externalization of…