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Democracy

Democracy is a form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a state. Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitive elections while more expansive or maximalist definitions link democracy to guarantees of civil liberties and human rights in addition to competitive elections.

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Non-governmental democracy

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related to Further reading · 65
Democracy → Adam, Against Democracy, Analysis, Ancient Greece, Behavior, Biagini, Bloomsbury Academic, Brennan, Cambridge, Cartledge, Countries, Crown Publishing, Cultural History, Daniel, Democratization, Documented Election Irregularities, Don't Show Up, Election Security, Eugenio, Gerardo
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Democracy → capacity of all voters to participate freely and fully in the life of their society, concept of the, concept relating to the governance of corporations by their shareholders, form of democracy based upon a principle of majority rule, form of democracy that incorporates regular popular elections, form of democracy where the values of a particular religion or state religion are preferred, form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a state, political system where the citizens participate in the decision-making personally, political theory and political project that aims for direct democracy in all fields of social life, representative democracy where government is appointed by or can be dismissed by, representative democracy which enshrines a liberal political philosophy, rule of the people and that the people have a right to rule.Democratic principles are reflected in all eligible citizens being equal before the law and having equal access to le…, substantive, system where the public elects the president through an election, term used to denote the particular procedures, way of life in his work of, worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time
related to Comparison · 16
Democracy → Competing Measures, Former Soviet Republics, Global Governance, Grading States, Gray Zone, He, In, Lost, Ranking, Seva Gunitsky, Soviet, The, This, Tool, Washington Post, World
related to history · 10
Democracy → According, At, Daniel Deudney, Democratic, Forms, If, Johns Hopkins University, Montesquieu, Republican, United States
related to Criticism · 9
Democracy → Constitutional Convention, Government, Indeed, James Madison, More, Opposition, Plato, Some, Winston Churchill
related to Democratization · 9
Democracy → Democratization, How, In, Other, Ronald Inglehart, Several, Some, The, Whether
related to Autocratization · 8
Democracy → Democratic, Individual, It, It's, Steven Levitsky, That's, The, With
related to Early theory · 8
Democracy → Aristotle's, He, Heeding, It, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Montesquieu, Republican, Roman Republic's
related to Economic success · 7
Democracy → Acemoglu, Daron Acemoglu, GDP, In Why Nations Fail, James, Robinson, The
related to Non-governmental democracy · 7
Democracy → Amitai Etzioni, Aside, Corporations, Islamic, Islamocracy, Many, Most

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Democracyis aform of democracy based upon a principle of majority rule0.90text
Democracyis apolitical theory and political project that aims for direct democracy in all fields of social life0.90text
Democracyis aterm used to denote the particular procedures0.90text
Democracyis aform of democracy where the values of a particular religion or state religion are preferred0.90text
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Democracyis aform of democracy that incorporates regular popular elections0.90text
Democracyis aconcept relating to the governance of corporations by their shareholders0.90text
Democracyis aworst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time0.90text

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