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The following outline provides an overview of and topical guide to democracy. Democracy – form of government which allows people to participate equally—either directly or through elected representatives—in the proposal, development, and creation of laws.〔Larry Jay Diamond, Marc F. Plattner (2006). (Electoral systems and democracy ) p.168. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.〕 == Nature of democracy == : ''Main article: Democracy'' Democracy can be described as a(n): * Institution – structure or mechanism of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of a set of individuals within a given human community. Institutions are identified with a social purpose and permanence, transcending individual human lives and intentions, and with the making and enforcing of rules governing cooperative human behavior.〔(Stanford Encyclopaedia: Social Institutions )〕 * * Government – the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the bureaucracy who control a state at a given time and to the system of government by which they are organized. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Outline of democracy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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