. In this assignment, you will consider an autocracy and an oligarchy and compare them to a democracy. In this comparison, include the five basic concepts of democracy, and consider how each of these concepts makes a democracy different from the other two kinds of government

Question

anonymous · Answer

1. Worth of the Individual 
2. Equality of All Persons 
3. Majority Rule, Minority Rights 
4. Necessity of Compromise 
5. Individual Freedom
are five basic concepts of democracy.

anonymous · Answer

Then from there you want to think of different reasons why those concepts are different then other kinds of government

anonymous · Answer

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_basic_concept_of_Democracy#slide4 maybe this may even help ya out.