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- Dictionarydem·o·crat·ic/ˌdeməˈkradik/
adjective
- 1. relating to or supporting democracy or its principles: "democratic reforms"
- 2. relating to the Democratic Party: "a Democratic fundraiser"
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4 days ago · Democracy is a system of government in which power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or through freely elected representatives. The term is derived from the Greek ‘demokratia,’ which was coined in the 5th century BCE to denote the political systems of some Greek city-states, notably Athens.
Democracy is a system of government in which laws, policies, leadership, and major undertakings of a state or other polity are dire.
4 days ago · Democratic Party, one of the two major political parties, alongside the Republican Party, in the United States. The Democratic Party underwent a dramatic ideological change over its history, transforming from a pro-slavery party during the 19th century to the main American progressive party today.
democracy, Form of government in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodic free elections. In a direct democracy, the public participates in government directly (as in some ancient Greek city-state s, some New England town meetings, and ...
4 days ago · Democracy - Theory, Principles, Practice: In a funeral oration in 430 bce for those who had fallen in the Peloponnesian War, the Athenian leader Pericles described democratic Athens as “the school of Hellas.”
4 days ago · Democracy - Equality, Representation, Participation: Why should “the people” rule? Is democracy really superior to any other form of government?
6 days ago · Democracy - Institutions, Representation, Participation: Since the time of the ancient Greeks, both the theory and the practice of democracy have undergone profound changes, many of which have concerned the prevailing answers to questions 1 through 3 above.
The Democratic Party is generally associated with more progressive policies. It supports social and economic equality, favouring greater government intervention in the economy but opposing government involvement in the private noneconomic affairs of citizens.
4 days ago · Democracy - Representation, Equality, Participation: Is democracy the most appropriate name for a large-scale representative system such as that of the early United States? At the end of the 18th century, the history of the terms whose literal meaning is “rule by the people”—democracy and republic—left the answer unclear.
democratization, process through which a political regime becomes democratic. The explosive spread of democracy around the world beginning in the mid-20th century radically transformed the international political landscape from one in which democracies were the exception to one in which they were the rule.
