Democracy

limited government

Two relible sources come to mind here. Each can be found on the Internet. One is the CIA World Book website, the other one is the BBC website. BBC is the British Broadcasting Company.

Basic Rights

One party systems are generally not democratic at all by definition, indeed they are the opposite to a democracy -- being Authoritarian states.

Democracy is about choice; in one party states they have abolished the opposing parties meaning there is no choice and the one officially approved party rules the country as dictators.

Decisions are made by the people instead of representatives.

China, Nigeria, Sudan, Vietnam and Iran.

the age of reason

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coalition and compromise

The history of democracy is actually quite extensive. The first known democracy to become popular and well known was in the United States.

Without the free press the political system can do what they want without oversight. Pay attention to the news today and watch the free press at work.

Concurrent majority in democratic theory describes the idea that, as opposed to needing majorities to pass laws in society, one should seek majorities from key interest groups in society (e.g.) minorities, other levels of government, et al.).

The donkey party logo is a symbol for the Democratic Party.

There is not one style of democracy in the Middle East, but many. Countries such as Turkey and Israel (the Middle East's only true democracies) have vastly different systems for governance. Quasi-democracies like Egypt, Lebanon, and Iraq also have very different systems for governance. Please specify an individual country and the differences can be discussed.

NO

Benito Mussolini

Monarchy

Democracy- a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.

Oligarchy- a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.

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a system of government in which people elect representatives to exercise power for them

Property & democracy, the Dorr War, Tocqueville on Democracy, the information revolution, the limits on democracy, a racial democracy, and race & class.

Yes,because it enterusted the government with the responsibility of providing social, economic and political equality to all

yes

the idea that government should forbid behavior that is morally wrong APEX

The question makes very little sense. Freemasonry is a fraternity, it's odd to ask if a fraternity is a democracy. It's democratic, as the Master of the Lodge is elected by the members of that Lodge. But once elected, the Master has been given a mandate to run his Lodge as he sees fit, and can even rule as a dictator...until his term is up, usually after one year. But even the most authoritarian Master is kept in check by the authority of the Grand Lodge to remove him from office for serious transgressions, as well as the fact that if he's making the members of his Lodge unhappy, they can demit any time they want.