What are democratic institutions?
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Democracy as you may know is the government of the people. so Democratic institutions are the ones that contribute to democracy. An institution is an established law, principle or usage. \nSo there are many democratic institutions within a democratic state. For instance a democratic institution is the right to vote, or the congress, the balance of powers (i mean division with checks and balances), media, freedom, etc....or this web site also it is a democratic usage to say what you think and allow the others too, tolerance is an institution of democracy.
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it is correct to say that the democracy is a religion. from the times of the socrates and plato , great scholars have regarded the democracy as the supreme form of governemnt. in today's world it is impossible to think of a governemnt without the demacracy. in a way the democracy is the "government by discussion". it is equally important to know that only democratic governemnt allows its citizens to freely state their views . thus , democracy is a true religion.
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In an autocratic government one person rules with unlimited power. That definition would include dictatorships. \n\nIn a democratic government a majority of people rule. Examples are New England town meetings, and the ancient Greek city states, where the citizens met together to decide on laws.\n \nIn a representative democracy, such as the U.S., the people elect representatives to make the laws that govern the citizens
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The majority of countries today are under democratic rule.  A few principal examples:  the United States, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, New Zeeland
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That's a very good question.  I would say the quality of a democratic government depends on how democratic the government actually is and also on how capable of making wise decisions the people of the country are.  The ancient Greeks were among the first people to have democratic governments, and in their literature we can read about democratic governments that were disastrous because of the unwise decisions the people made.  That led some Greek philosophers to theorize that the best form of government would be a benevolent dictatorship by a person so wise that they would have preferred not to be in power, but accepted it as their duty, but that because of the instability of that situation, a democracy was the next best thing.  In modern times, we have seen many governments that claimed to be democracies but in reality were dictatorships of a rather less benevolent kind.  The founding fathers of the United States (by the way, I am from the USA) wisely formed a government of checks and balances, where the people of the country had a voice, but no one institution had absolute authority.  I would say that in our country today, democracy is sometimes in danger of being compromised by the influence of powerful business and special interest groups over corrupt politicians, and by the apathy of many voters who are not as informed about political issues as they could be.  But overall, the institutions are sound and democratic, so I would give the U.S. good grades as a quality democracy overall.
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Democracy is a form of government where the people make the decisions. People mistake the US for a democracy, but we are not. We select the people that make the decisions, and this is what a republic is about.
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European democarcy has the principle of subsidiarety as one of its foundations. This effectively means that democracy should exist at the lowest possible level of the democratic hierarchy. This means that communities should have the power to decide how their infrastructure, lives and responses to important issues such as drugs and unemployment are addressed. This is community development in action where ordinary people decide what the problems are and how to solve them. The advantage of this is that the power is distributed among the people and not focussed at the top. (By the way, you can buy electricity in advance in the UK!)
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The best type of Government is a democracy without the party system....that is representatives vote on each issue independently keeping the interests of their repective constituencies in mind and without being held ransom to common party interests and ideology. This enables a healthy national debate on each issue separately so that views of all the people are taken into consideration before a decision is made.
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In a true Democracy, everyone would vote on every desision.\nSo it's not a true democracy.\nIt is a representative democracy, basically a republic.\nWe vote for the people that will make the decisions instead of voting on every decision.
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There are way more than two types. There's direct democracy, representative democracy, presidental, parliamentary, etc.
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This looks REMARKABLY like a homework question.  You really should do a bit of research on this so that you can LEARN the answers.  You need to access some political science journals and I would encourage you to read Robert Dahl (who writes EXTENSIVELY on the subject of emerging democracy) as well as doing a bit of research on TRANSITIONING democratic regimes.....I can steer you but i will NOT give you the answer. ;o)
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The democratic peace theory or simply democratic peace (often DPT and sometimes democratic pacifism) is a theory in political science and philosophy which holds that democracies—specifically, liberal democracies—never or almost never go to war with one another. A more general version is that all kinds of systematic violence is rare in and by democracies. Despite criticism, it has grown in prominence among political scientists and has become influential in the policy world.
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A pure form of democracy in which considerable power is wielded by the general public. For instance, the initiative, referendum, and recall are all devices of direct democracy.
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uh...democracy's side
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democracy is the best, but could stand some improvement. it lets the people help decide what they want. beats having a million unhappy citizens
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The United States is not a Democracy.  It is a Republic. A Democracy is generally thought of as being ruled by the people.  We elect representatives to "rule" for us. It would be too hard to run a country as a true Democracy.  All the people would have to vote on everything.  However, We do hold the democratic process, and the people, in high esteem and try to run the country by what most of the people want.
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There are various opinions on what constitutes a democracy, but in general, it is the ability of the people to have free and fair elections and for there to be a peaceful transition from one person/regime/political party to another. The people need to also have a real choice in the elections, having only two candidates who are selected by the party in power is not a legitimate choice.