Democracy, by definition and in its most general form, is a system of government in which the people have the power to choose their rulers. Of the main indicators for a democracy is the existence of ...

Most people in most countries state that they wish to have a democratic government. But the definition of democracy has been constantly contested. Without understanding what people really mean by ...

Thirty years ago, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was a widespread belief that democracy would rapidly spread to envelop the whole world. Now we’re worried about whether democracy can survive ...

The role of citizens Concern about the state of democracy in America is nothing new. The framers of the U.S. Constitution opposed democracy, defined as direct citizen participation in government. For ...

If you're an American, you probably assume there's only one kind of democracy, the kind that you grew up with. That would be the democracy where citizens govern themselves through elected ...

In the Dec. 31 Post-Bulletin editorial "Stand up for democracy," it said the United States and Israel are the only nations willing to stand up for Iraq and Palestine democracies. Decades ago, we went ...

Democracy is something we’re hearing a lot about these days. But what are we actually talking about when we say, “democracy?” The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines democracy as being “a government in ...