A democracy is a political system, or a system of decision-making within an institution, organization, or state, in which members have a share of power...

Athenian democracy developed around the 6th century BC in the Greek city-state (known as a polis) of Athens, comprising the city of Athens and the surrounding...

of Pakistan has executive power and the president is the head of state elected by the electoral college. Pakistan is one of the youngest democracies in...

Social democracy originated as an ideology within the labour movement whose goals have been a social revolution to move away from purely laissez-faire capitalism...

deprivation of the right to life and liberty, and minority rights. The notion of democracy has evolved considerably over time. Throughout history, one can...

political science, the waves of democracy or waves of democratization are major surges of democracy that have occurred in history. Although the term appears...

constitutional democracy. Criticism of democracy has been a key part of democracy, its functions, and its development throughout history. Plato famously...

Jacksonian democracy was a 19th-century political philosophy in the United States that expanded suffrage to most white men over the age of 21 and restructured...

Types of democracy refers to the various governance structures that embody the principles of democracy ("rule by the people") in some way. Democracy is frequently...

that history should be viewed as an evolutionary process, and that the end of history, in this sense, means that liberal democracy is the final form of government...

Democracy in Bangladesh is historically connected to the Westminster style of democracy of United Kingdom while Bangladesh was part of British Colonial...

The Democracy Index published by the Economist Group is an index measuring the quality of democracy across the world. This quantitative and comparative...

Liberal democracy, western-style democracy, or substantive democracy is a form of government that combines the organization of a representative democracy with...

Representative democracy (also called electoral democracy or indirect democracy) is a type of democracy where representatives are elected by the public...

democracy in China has existed in Chinese politics since the 19th century. Chinese scholars, thinkers, and policy-makers have debated about democracy...

history of direct democracy amongst non-Native Americans in the United States dates from the 1630s in the New England Colonies. The legislatures of the...

Nobles' Democracy or Nobles' Commonwealth (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Szlachecka or Złota wolność szlachecka) was a political system in the Kingdom of Poland...

stakeholders. The history of social democracy stretches back to the 19th-century labour movement. Originally a catch-all term for socialists of varying tendencies...

The history of Argentina can be divided into four main parts: the pre-Columbian time or early history (up to the sixteenth century), the colonial period...

Parliament of England influenced the history of democracy in the Middle Ages and the early history of parliamentarism. In the Thirteen Colonies, the Bill of Rights...

of Democracy is a 2009 book by John Keane published in the UK by Simon & Schuster. Keane claims his book is the first attempt to write a full history...

Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives without elected representatives as proxies...

concept of democracy and how to measure democracy – and what democracy indices should be used. One way to summarize the outcome theories of democratization...

Deliberative democracy or discursive democracy is a form of democracy in which deliberation is central to decision-making. Deliberative democracy seeks quality...

Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America is a 2017 nonfiction book by Nancy MacLean published by Viking Press...

Democracy in Mexico dates to the establishment of the federal republic of Mexico in 1824. After a long history under the Spanish Empire (1521–1821), Mexico...

gradually weakening that of the military. There are three factors that contributed to the rise of democracy: the economy, the role of the military, and domestic...

Gordon S. Wood, Empire of liberty: a history of the early Republic, 1789–1815 (2009) p. 214 Mark B. Brown, Science in democracy: expertise, institutions...

these two types of democracy as of world-historical importance: Indeed, from the vantage point of the mid-twentieth century the history of the last hundred...

Participatory democracy, participant democracy, participative democracy, or semi-direct democracy is a form of government in which citizens participate...