0 (a country having) a form of government in which the people freely elect representatives to govern them -- dân chủ
He believes in democracy.
Which is the world’s largest democracy?
Why do new parties keep emerging and winning votes in new democracies?
Finally, he finds evidence that new democracies with low levels of initial political competition are also more likely to meet with civil conflict.
In most parliamentary democracies, single parties are unable to command a majority of support in the legislature.
The directive for emerging democracies is clear - promote democratically oriented parties and citizen participation in these parties.
We expect that the more advanced democracies will have mass publics who are negative to a situation where religion plays an important role in politics.
Electoral democracies now represent 120 of the 192 existing countries and constitute 62.5 percent of the world's population.
The culmination of a decade-long process of harmonization and negotiation, this invitation symbolized the success of these countries in instituting political democracies and market economies.
We tested this assertion on 113 elections in thirteen democracies.