Jamahiriya is a word coined by Mu'ammar Gaddafi in Libya to describe his idea of a "state of the masses" where direct democracy in line with The Green Book would prevail. In Arabic, joumhouriya, means republic. Gaddafi said that the French revolution ushered in the "Era of the Republics" and that his 1st September 1969 military coup and ensuing Libyan Revolution ushered in the "Era of the Masses" with the handing of power to the people via People's Conferences and People's Committees on 2nd March 1977.
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| - Jamahiriya is a word coined by Mu'ammar Gaddafi in Libya to describe his idea of a "state of the masses" where direct democracy in line with The Green Book would prevail. In Arabic, joumhouriya, means republic. Gaddafi said that the French revolution ushered in the "Era of the Republics" and that his 1st September 1969 military coup and ensuing Libyan Revolution ushered in the "Era of the Masses" with the handing of power to the people via People's Conferences and People's Committees on 2nd March 1977.
- In early 1970s, Muammar Gaddafi pioneered a new system of governance called the Jamahiriya, based on the principles of direct participatory democracy, a more direct form of democracy than the representative parliamentary democracy used in much of the world today. He outlined his political philosophy in The Green Book (1975), where he rejected modern representative democracy based on electing representatives, and also criticized capitalism. Instead, the book proposed a type of direct democracy overseen by the General People's Committee which allow direct political participation for all adult citizens. The system was inspired by early Islamic democracy as well as elements of ancient Athenian democracy.
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| - In early 1970s, Muammar Gaddafi pioneered a new system of governance called the Jamahiriya, based on the principles of direct participatory democracy, a more direct form of democracy than the representative parliamentary democracy used in much of the world today. He outlined his political philosophy in The Green Book (1975), where he rejected modern representative democracy based on electing representatives, and also criticized capitalism. Instead, the book proposed a type of direct democracy overseen by the General People's Committee which allow direct political participation for all adult citizens. The system was inspired by early Islamic democracy as well as elements of ancient Athenian democracy. This Jamahiriya direct democracy system was used in Libya from 1977 up until 2011, when it came to an end during the Libyan Civil War and the succeeding National Transitional Council announced its intention to replace it with a more traditional representative democracy that is compatible with Sharia.
- Jamahiriya is a word coined by Mu'ammar Gaddafi in Libya to describe his idea of a "state of the masses" where direct democracy in line with The Green Book would prevail. In Arabic, joumhouriya, means republic. Gaddafi said that the French revolution ushered in the "Era of the Republics" and that his 1st September 1969 military coup and ensuing Libyan Revolution ushered in the "Era of the Masses" with the handing of power to the people via People's Conferences and People's Committees on 2nd March 1977.
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