Democracy: with Tony Blair taking office for a record third time, popular revolutions in the former Soviet Union and a new government in Iraq, Victoria James ponders the state of modern democracy.(Geographical dossier) Geographical | July 1, 2005| | COPYRIGHT 2005 Circle Publishing Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Planted as a seed in the city states of classical Greece 2,500 years ago, democracy--literally 'rule (kratia) by the people (demos)'--has blossomed only in the past century. In 1900, there wasn't a single nation that could truly lay claim to being an electoral democracy conducting multiparty elections with universal suffrage. A hundred years on, the political landscape has changed beyond all recognition. According to Freedom in the World, a report published earlier this year by authoritative US think-tank Freedom House, at the end of 2004, there were 119 states with an ...

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