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• Democracy is government in which power and civic responsibility are exercised by all adult citizens, directly, or through their freely elected representatives.
• Democracy rests upon the principles of majority rule and individual rights. Democracies guard against all-powerful central governments and decentralize government to regional and local levels, understanding that all levels of government must be as accessible and responsive to the people as possible.
• Democracies understand that one of their prime functions is to protect such basic human rights as freedom of speech and religion; the right to equal protection under law; and the opportunity to organize and participate fully in the political, economic, and cultural life of society.
• Democracies conduct regular free and fair elections open to citizens of voting age.
• Citizens in a democracy have not only rights, but also the responsibility to participate in the political system that, in turn, protects their rights and freedoms.
• Democratic societies are committed to the values of tolerance, cooperation, and compromise. In the words of Mahatma Gandhi, "Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit."
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What are democracies essentials characteristics?
you have a right to vote and people have a large say in making big choices
What are direct democracies?
Canada and china are democracies
What are some direct democracies?
canada and china are democracies
When was Community of Democracies created?
Community of Democracies was created in 2000.
When was Defense of Democracies created?
Defense of Democracies was created in 2008.
Is the government of the UK and Ireland democracies?
Yes, they are both democracies.
Are most of the countries democracies today?
Yes, but only formal democracies.
What is a likeness between representative and parliamentary democracies?
Parliamentary democracies are representative.
Two types of democracies?
The two types of democracies are direct democracies, or pure democracies, and indirect democracies, or more often referred to as representative democracies. The two differ in their distribution of political power; in a direct democracy, political power is held by all citizens of the state and in an indirect democracy, political power is held by an elect group of citizens.
What countries are democracies china Vietnam or north Korea?
None of these countries are democracies.
When was The Decadence of Industrial Democracies created?
The Decadence of Industrial Democracies was created in 2004.
What are city states run by groups of nobles called?
I Think it's Democracies
