In THE AMERICAN HERITAGE dictionary, democracy means:
- Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
- A political or social unit that has such a government.
- The common people, considered as the primary source of political power.
- Majority rule.
- The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community.
Various type of democracy
While in the Wikipedia (a super famous international free encyclopedia), it states that democracy has 8 forms ;
1. Representative democracy
2. Liberal democracy
3. Direct democracy
4. Socialist democracy
5. Anarchist democracy
6. Sortition democracy
7. Tribal democracy
8. Consensus democracy
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According to the CIA World FactBook , there are more than 130 coutries are either democracies or emerging democracies including USA,UK,Canada,Japan,Singapore,MALAYSIA and even Bangladesh..
A | |
Albania | Emerging democracy |
America(USA) | federal republic |
Andorra | Parliamentary democracy |
Argentina | Multi-party republic |
Armenia | Multi-party republic |
Aruba | Parliamentary democracy |
Australia | Democratic constitutional monarchy |
Austria | Federal republic |
Azerbaijan | Multi-party republic |
B | |
The Bahamas | Parliamentary representative democratic monarchy |
Bangladesh | Parliamentary democracy Since: 1990 |
Barbados | Parliamentary democracy |
Belgium | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
Belize | Parliamentary democracy |
Benin | Multi-party republic |
Bermuda | Parliamentary British overseas territory with internal self-government |
Bolivia | Multi-party republic |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Emerging republic |
Botswana | Parliamentary republic |
Brazil | Federal republic |
Bulgaria | Parliamentary democracy |
Burkina Faso | Parliamentary democracy |
C | |
Canada | Parliamentary democracy/constitutional monarchy |
Cambodia | Multi-party democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
Cape Verde | Multi-party republic |
Chile | Multi-party republic |
Colombia | Multi-party republic |
Comoros | Multi-party republic |
Cook Islands | Self-governing parliamentary democracy |
Costa Rica | Democratic republic |
Croatia | Presidential/Parliament democracy |
Cyprus | Multi-party republic |
Czech Republic | Parliamentary democracy |
D | |
Denmark | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
Dominica | Parliamentary democracy |
Dominican Republic | Democracy |
E | |
Ecuador | Multi-party republic |
El Salvador | Multi-party republic |
Estonia | Parliamentary republic |
Ethiopia | Federal republic |
F | |
Fiji | Multi-party republic |
Finland | Multi-party republic |
France | Multi-party republic |
G | |
Gabon | Multi-party republic |
Georgia | Multi-party republic |
Germany | Federal/Multi-party republic |
Ghana | Constitutional democracy |
Greece | Parliamentary republic |
Greenland | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
Grenada | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
Guatemala | Democratic republic |
Guinea-Bissau | Multi-party republic |
Guyana | Multi-party republic |
H | |
Honduras | Democratic republic |
Hungary | Parliamentary democracy |
I | |
Iceland | Democracy |
India | Federal multi-party republic |
Indonesia | Multi-party republic |
Iraq | Parliamentary democracy |
Ireland | Multi-party republic |
Isle of Man | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
Israel | Parliamentary democracy |
Italy | Multi-party republic |
J | |
Jamaica | Parliamentary democracy |
Japan | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
K | |
Kiribati | Multi-party republic |
Korea (South) | Multi-party republic |
Kyrgyzstan | Multi-party republic |
L | |
Latvia | Democracy |
Lesotho | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
Liberia | Emerging democracy |
Liechtenstein | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
Luxembourg | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
Lithuania | Parliamentary democracy |
M | |
Macedonia | Parliamentary democracy |
Madagascar | Multi-party republic |
Malawi | Parliamentary democracy |
Malaysia | Federal constitutional elective monarchy |
Malta | Multi-party republic |
Marshall Islands | Constitutional government |
Mauritius | Parliamentary democracy |
Mexico | Federal republic |
Micronesia | Constitutional government |
Moldova | Multi-party republic |
Monaco | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
Mongolia | Democracy |
Montenegro | Multi-party republic |
Mozambique | Multi-party republic |
N | |
Namibia | Multi-party republic |
Nauru | Multi-party republic |
New Zealand | Democratic constitutional monarchy |
The Netherlands | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
The Netherlands Antilles | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
Nicaragua | Multi-party republic |
Niue | Self-governing parliamentary democracy |
Northern Mariana Islands | Self-governing with locally elected governor, lieutenant governor and legislature |
Norway | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
P | |
Pakistan | Parliamentary democracy under a Federation/Islamic Republic |
Palau | Constitutional government in free association with the U.S.A. |
Panama | Democracy |
Papua New Guinea | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
Paraguay | Multi-party republic |
Peru | Multi-party republic |
The Philippines | Multi-party republic |
Poland | Multi-party republic |
Portugal | Democracy |
R | |
Romania | Multi-party republic |
Russia | Federal republic |
S | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
Saint Lucia | Parliamentary democracy |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Parliamentary democracy |
Samoa | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
San Marino | Multi-party republic |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Multi-party republic |
Senegal | Multi-party republic |
Serbia | Multi-party republic |
Seychelles | Multi-party republic |
Sierra Leone | Constitutional democracy |
Singapore | Democracy |
Slovakia | Parliamentary democracy |
Slovenia | Parliamentary republic |
Solomon Islands | Parliamentary democracy |
South Africa | Multi-party republic |
Spain | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
Sri Lanka | Multi-party republic |
Suriname | Democracy |
Sweden | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
Switzerland | Multi-party republic/Direct democracy |
T | |
Taiwan | Democracy |
Trinidad and Tobago | Parliamentary democracy |
Tuvalu | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
Turkey | Parliamentary democracy |
U | |
Ukraine | Multi-party republic |
United Kingdom | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy |
Uruguay | Multi-party republic |
United States of America | Federal republic |
V | |
Vanuatu | Parliamentary republic |
Venezuela | Democratic republic |
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