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de·moc·ra·cy
/ diˈmäkrəsē/
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n.
(pl. -cies)
a system of government by the whole population or all eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
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a state governed in such a way.
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control of an organization or group by the majority of its members:
industrial democracy.
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the practice or principles of social equality.
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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)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...world and beyond. Elsewhere, democracy is faltering, as authoritarian...apparatus of their functioning democracies. Then there are the 'phoney democracies', states that possess the outward appearance of democracy but aren't truly free...
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Democracy & Hypocrisy.(Christian-Muslim relations)
Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat News Service; 4/23/2007; 700+ words
; ...which championed the idea that Islam and democracy were compatible. Bukay claimed that...the Islamist claim that parliamentary democracy and representative elections are not...but that Islam actually encourages democracy. They do this in one of two ways: either...
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Democracy Ltd.
Magazine article from: Canadian Dimension; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; If the word "democracy"--repeated over and over in the...start examining work by In the Name of Democracy, the newly formed activist research...happening here and to prevent the idea of democracy from being hijacked by people who have...
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Democracy: Electoral and Athenian.
Magazine article from: PS: Political Science & Politics; 9/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...never intended a democracy and were scathing...the turbulent democracies of ancient Greece...discovered in America a democracy "more perfect...that American democracy was superior to any of the ancient democracies because it was...
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Democracy on-line.
Magazine article from: The Futurist; 9/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...only the beginning of an Information Age democracy Over the last 200 years, new information...transformed the possibilities and practice of democracy. For example, the early-nineteenth...system of government. Problems with Democracy Today, it is hard to imagine that such...
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Democracy in Pakistan: value change and challenges of institution building.(DYNAMICS FOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION)(Report)
Magazine article from: Pakistan Development Review; 12/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Reviewing the theoretical literature on democracy and development, this ,study weaves...sustained a transition to parliamentary democracy. This has been the longest period of...and civility. Popular aspiration for democracy has not received corresponding support...
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Democracy in Latin America: alive but not well.(Special Advertising Supplement)(Advertisement)
Magazine article from: Foreign Policy; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...groundbreaking" study, titled "Democracy in Latin America: Towards a Citizen's Democracy." Based on interviews...that plague many of the democracies in the region. Its main...Latin Americans prefer democracy to authoritarian rule...
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Democracy and durability: empirical analysis and a causality test.
Magazine article from: Atlantic Economic Journal; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Alternative Views on Democracy and Stability Some...studies suggest that democracies are more stable...dictatorships than in democracies. Sorensen [1991...that political democracy facilitates the...powerful makes democracies less destabilizing...also claimed that democracy allows ...
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Democracy or Polyarchy?
Magazine article from: NACLA Report on the Americas; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; TO FAVOR DEMOCRACY MEANS TO OPPOSE U.S. foreign policy in the name of democracy. The issue is not whether democracy is desirable-it is-but whether the United States is fostering democratic relations when it claims to be promoting democracy...
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Democracy as a coalition of cultures: democracy and balance.
Magazine article from: Current; 2/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...agreed on the processes of democracy, unlike those forever petulant...achieved before the processes of democracy are legitimated. Recall the...Everyone agrees that in democracies citizens, as Robert Dahl...us call this individualist democracy in which citizens bring government...
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democracy
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
...tested. Contemporary democracies are all very different...one of representative democracy. Here, citizens elect...been suspicious of democracy as a dangerous and...origins of popular democracy in the French Revolution...view. In the modern democracies there is little consensus...
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Democracy
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...conceptualizations of democracy are based on the experiences...world has seen so far: democracies in classical Greece...classical model of democracy draws its inspiration...promoted in modern democracies, makes some form of...scholars would agree that democracy in modern nation...
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Democracy, Representative and Participatory
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Democracy, Representative and Participatory Democracy was born in the Western world in the form of participatory democracy, making the term participatory democracy redundant. The word participatory discloses the core meaning of popular sovereignty...
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Democracy in America
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA, by Alexis de Tocqueville. The most influential study of the United States ever written, Democracy in America owes its enduring significance to the complexity of...
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Research, Democracy
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...now believe the reasons for democracy ’ s emergence are...decisive argue that third-wave democracies are fragile because democratic...privilege. Some fear that fragile democracies can be overloaded with citizen...participation is essential in democracy, and see i
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