A movement for more democracy in American government in the 1830s. Led by President Andrew Jackson, this movement championed greater rights for the common man and was opposed to any signs of aristocracy in the nation.
Jacksonian Democracy is a movement toward greater democracy
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Supporting democracy or its principles.
rule by many
By most accounts, there is no such thing as an authoritarian democracy, since, by definition, democracies and authoritarian regimes are dichotomous.
The official definition for majority rule is "the principle that the greater number should exercise greater power."
A representative democracy founded in a Constitution.
Laboratories of democracy is a term used for a state which test out a new policy before it is applied to the nation as a whole.
Democracy is a system of government where the people have the power to choose their leaders through free and fair elections.
The United States, according to a strict textbook definition, is a REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY. In a representative democracy, we elect officials to pass and deliberate on legislation on our behalf.
Liberal democracy is a form of government in which representative democracy operates under the principles of liberalism, i.e. protecting the rights of the individual, which are generally enshrined in law.
Rights can be upheld only through democracy. On the other hand democracy is about rights: their definition, negotiation and protection. In sum: rights can only exist in a democracy and democracy is noting more than the embodiment of rights.