democratic forms of governmentelectoral rulesenvironmental governanceenvironmental interest groupsinternational environmental agreementstreaty ratificationEnvironmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) are widely expected to influence states' policies towards more environmental protection both at the nationa...
"Democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time" [Winston Churchillspeech] "Democracy is the name we give the people whenever we need them" [Robert, Marquis de Flers and Arman de CaillavetL'habit vert] ...
Democraticforms of government have been around for centuries, but the first records of the worddemocraticcome from around 1600. It is believed to come from either the Frenchdémocratiqueor the Medieval Latindēmocraticus.Both of these words come from the Greekdēmokratikós,which is an adjective fo...
Competitive Governments, Fiscal Arrangements, and the Provision of Local Public Infrastructure in China: A Theory-driven Study of Gujiao Municipality This article introduces the analytical framework of "government competition", which encompasses current models of Chinese local government like the "develo....
Churchill–“democracy is the worst form of government except all the other forms that have been tried from time to time”. Mass conversion in favour to the cause of democracy is SIGNIFICANT – even in Ancient Greece – the cradle of the democratic idea – democracy was viewed in negative te...
Democracy is not always perfect, but it is one of the most important forms of government because it allows for freedom and liberty. Democracy allows for different groups to be represented and allows for change to happen. Democracies are also stable because they have a system in place that chec...
to which the OED refers was given a famous formulation by Colonel Rainborough in the ι The classic Greeks distinguished between the good and per verted forms of government, and, later, Polybius coined a separate term, ochlocracy, for democracy's perversion, the arbitrary rule of the many...
1. Of, characterized by, or advocating democracy: democratic government; a democratic union. 2. Of or for the people in general; popular: a democratic movement; democratic art forms. 3. Believing in or practicing social equality: "a proper democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords" (George...
"democratic government"; "a democratic country"; "a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords" belong to or relating to the Democratic Party representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large "democratic art forms"; "a democratic or popular movement" ...
In modern times, those forms of government in which all full, adult members of a society or organization make up the policy-making body – direct democracy –or are represented by others who they elect to such a body – representative democracy. Until the 20th-century, democracy, in either...