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  1. Democracy | Definition, History, Meaning, Types, Examples, & Facts ...

    Jan 30, 2026 · States with democratic governments prevent rule by autocrats, guarantee fundamental individual rights, allow for a relatively high level of political equality, and rarely make war on each other.

  2. Democracy - Institutions, Representation, Participation | Britannica

    Jan 19, 2026 · Democracy - Institutions, Representation, Participation: Since the time of the ancient Greeks, both the theory and the practice of democracy have undergone profound changes, many of …

  3. Democracy - Equality, Representation, Participation | Britannica

    Jan 29, 2026 · In ancient Greece democracy originally referred to direct democracy, a system in which people voted on laws and decisions themselves. In ancient Rome republic simply meant a state or …

  4. What is democracy? - Britannica

    What is democracy? Democracy is a system of government in which laws, policies, leadership, and major undertakings of a state or other polity are dire

  5. Democracy - Theory, Principles, Practice | Britannica

    Jan 30, 2026 · In his observation that “the basis of a democratic state is liberty,” Aristotle proposed a connection between the ideas of democracy and liberty that would be strongly emphasized by all …

  6. Meaning and types of democracy | Britannica

    democracy, Form of government in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodic free elections.

  7. Democracy - Representation, Equality, Participation | Britannica

    Dec 29, 2025 · Democracy - Representation, Equality, Participation: Is democracy the most appropriate name for a large-scale representative system such as that of the early United States?

  8. North Korea - Politics, Economy, Society | Britannica

    Jan 28, 2026 · Elections provide a means whereby assent is registered for the policies and programs of the party. There is seldom more than one candidate on the ballot for each constituency, and the …

  9. Democracy - Representation, Equality, Participation | Britannica

    Jan 30, 2026 · Democracy, therefore, consists of more than just political processes; it is also necessarily a system of fundamental rights.

  10. Indonesia - Federalism, Democracy, Unity | Britannica

    3 days ago · The period of Guided Democracy was marked by the creation of a plethora of ministries, by the rise of the Indonesian Communist Party (Partai Komunis Indonesia; PKI) to a position of political …