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THE MEANING OF DEMOCRACY

The term of democracy comes from Greek, and consisted of two syllable : demosmeans people, and cratein means government or to rule. Thereby, democracy can beinterpreted as government of the people. Referring to the democracy term, the 16 th president of

the united states, Abraham Lincoln (1808-1865), stated that democracy is government from thepeople, by people, and for the people. By this means, a government is considered applyingdemocracy system if the highest power is on the hand of the people. Mean, the state policies isdetermined based on the peoples aspiration.

THE APPLICATION OF DEMOCRACY CULTURE IN EVERYDAY LIFE AND INLEADERSHIP

Pancasila democracy is the manifestation of the Indonesia peoples way of life.Therefore, Pancasila democracy must be applied in so many life aspect, either in states life and

also in everyday life.1. Application of Democracy Culture in Everyday Life

a. Application of Democracy Culture in Family EnvironmentDemocracy culture is applicable in family environment. The implementation of

democracy in family environment is not only limited to the deliberation at the time of taking a decision, but also can be developed by accustoming some behaviors like thefollowing.1) Parents do not compel their will in educating their children (not authoritative)2) Children must respect and love their parents and other member of family

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Parents openly receive suggestions and opinions from family member4) Children willingly accept advice from parents5) Division of duties in house works, for example in the case of house hygiene, so that

every member of family will have discipline and responsibility to their own duty

b. Applying of Democracy Culture in Area of SchoolThe application of democracy culture in school environment can be developed

through following actions.1) The election of chief of OSIS or head of class

Through this activity every student will learn the way performing politics, where

every children can use their right to vote, passively or actively in the agenda of forming official member of OSIS or official class member.

2) Arrange a shift of class teamThe arrangement of class team can be performed based on deliberation, so that allstudents can accept and execute the result of the deliberation.

3) School Activity

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When the school activity is taking place, teacher can create a democratic learningsituations, which is by giving opportunity to students to enquire, accept, and esteemopinion put forward by other students. On the contranty, students will also learn tothink critically, have the courage to ask questions, and dare to put forward an opinioncorrectly and responsibly, dare to give suggestions, ideas or critism over politicsconcerning students interest in a correct way.

c. The application of Democracy in Society EnvironmentThe application of democracy culture in society environment can be developed

through following activities.1) The election official member of RT or official member of RW

The same as to the election of official member of OSIS, in the election of officialmember of RT or official member of RW every member also has equal right to beelected and to elect.

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Arrange the Public Development ProgramsThe public development programs are usually discussed through deliberation byinvolving all members. The public development programs generally concerns aboutseveral points, such as purpose, fund, and the implementation. Because all programsare commons interest, hence all members must acknowledge and at the same timeimplement it properly.

3) Transparency of the Official Members of RT / RWTransparency of the official members of RT / RW can be implemented in theaccountability report of the public fund (member fee). With the transparency, hencethe official members of RT / RW could justify the fund managed by it carefully.

Good fund management will draw trust from the public.

2. Democratic LeadershipBasically, one thing which is demanded from leader is good example. A leader must

become a good example for all of his / her members. Therefore, a leader must have qualitiessuch as religious, have good morality, knowledge, skillful, and democratic, so can give goodexample to all of the members. From the leader qualities mentioned before, the quality wewill be studied here is about a democratic leader.

a. The Ideas of Democratic LeaderA democratic leader is leader who placing him / herself not as a superior to a subordinate,but as an elder brother among his fellow workers or as an older brother to his brother andsisters. The characteristics of a democratic leader are as follows.1) Willing to accept opinions, suggestions, or even criticism from friends.2) Never compel own will3) Willing to hear, accept and resp ect other peoples opinions

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4) Prioritize deliberation in taking decision

b. The Style of Democratic LeadershipLeadership is a science, art, and profession. As a science, leadership can be

studied by everybody. However, practically it needs to be adapted for certain situationand condition.

As an art, leadership can be interpreted as a method or effort, which can awakenattention, spirit, intention, and determination of the people led to achieve common goals.

As a profession, the idea of leadership is related with the status of a person who isin control, the nature and attitude owned by a leader, and the method and technique of leadership in carrying his / her duties.

Every leader has their own leadership style. In this case, we will be studied aboutdemocratic leadership style.

Democratic leaders interpret their leadership not as dictators but as a leader of a

group of people. A democratic leader always tries to encourage his / her members towork cooperatively to achieve the common purpose. In implementing his / her duties, ademocratic leader will accept and even expect opinions and suggestions from the group.Criticisms coming from the members are accepted as the feedback and taken intoconsideration for taking the next actions. This democratic leadership style is embraced bymany people.