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Introduction: What is democracy ? Table of Contents democracy may be a word familiar to most, but it is a concept still misunderstood and misused at a time when dictators, Introduction: What Is democracy ?.............................. ...........................1 single-party regimes, and military coup leaders alike assert Characteristics of popular support by claiming the mantle of democracy . Yet Rights and the power of the democratic idea has prevailed through a long and turbulent history, and democratic government, Democratic despite continuing Rule of challenges, continues to evolve and ourish Three Pillars of throughout the Free and Independent world.

Democracy may be a word familiar to most, but it is a concept still misunderstood and misused at a time when dictators, single-party regimes, and military coup leaders alike assert

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