If a government led by a dictator was replaced with a government where a large number of citizens exercised influence over decision making, this change would be best characterized as a:

shift from autocracy to a democracy

Because broadest terms allows the law flexibility depending on changing society and circumstances.

The question of what caused the full effects of the radical stage, also called the second french revolution by some historians, which shook the political and social reforms in france have caught the attention of many scholars, particularly because of principles implemented during this stage which is contradictory to the fundamental principle of the french revolution itself, by using dictatorship to create equality.