Though elected democratically, he chose to govern undemocratically.

Many Islamists may in fact prefer an illiberal to a liberal democracy.

Not all restrictions on the exercise of sovereign power are undemocratic.

India is a democracy, and Pakistan a wayward democracy.

If you believe that infrastructures are not as important as many people believe, then you will put less emphasis on strong government.

While encouraging the rule of law and the growth of civil society, the US still needs to work with other governments, democratic and otherwise.

Elections can lead to illiberal democracies and worse.

However, the disbursement of these funds has been delayed for various reasons, mainly waiting for democratic institutions to be put in place.

Secular, military, and Mubarak era foes of the Muslim Brotherhood have used every lever at their disposal, democratic or not, to block the Islamist parties democratic exercise of power.

Democratic Alliances

India s Disrupted Democracy

The Myth of Khaki Democracy

First democratic election

Of course, a world government could never have democratic legitimacy for this reason, it is a scary idea.

Demirhan's parting shot warns of the government s future attempts to mobilize its mostly conservative religious base to legitimise a fundamentally anti democratic agenda

But this does not mean that political parties whose programs are based on religious faith cannot be democratic.

Is it democracy with adjectives, such as managed democracy, illiberal democracy, or electoral democracy? Only a few pundits stubbornly adhere to this approach.

A New Democratic Agenda for Russia

Sri Lanka is a democracy.

Having ventured successfully into emerging non democratic countries whose frailty they are starting to fear, some, out of prudence, are starting to rediscover Europe.

Israel, for example, has had peaceful relations with non democratic Egypt and Jordan for more than three decades.

The reality, however, is that we have a managed trade regime that puts corporate interests first, and a process of negotiations that is undemocratic and non transparent.

Australia continued to condemn Zimbabwe's systematic use of State sponsored violence, intimidation and harassment, anti democratic legislation and the use of food as a political tool.

Democracy in Tea Party America

There is no democracy to speak of.

The protestors march under the banner of the People s Alliance for Democracy, but the truth is that they have resorted to undemocratic means to topple a democratically elected government.

For Morsi, the dilemma was that the Constitutional Court could strike down the law, rendering the effort meaningless.

However, we must recall that in reforming the Security Council, we are seeking to make it not only more representative but also more democratic and more effective.

India s Democracy at 60

Turkey is still a democracy.

Moreover, all of Europe needs a truly democratic Ukraine.

Malawi has a democratic, multi party government.

The Republic of Taiwan is a democratic, sovereign State.

This would also be unrealistic, because in the current age of globalization, any claims to democracy would be exposed as obviously false.

We are seeing the birth of a more democratic spirit among the region s peoples, but a corresponding sense of democratic responsibility remains underdeveloped.

What does it mean to be Danish, German, or French in the presence of these millions of newcomers, most of whom come from non democratic societies?

There are lawless democracies and undemocratic states of law (Rechtsstaat).

In China, capitalism prospers without democracy.

This time, however, the politics will be democratic.

Will China s Capitalist Revolution Turn Democratic

There is no other way in which a democracy can function.

Bangladesh has been a parliamentary democracy since 1991.

India is the world's largest democracy.

Alas, given their histories of autocratic rule, giant leaps forward to full blown democracy are unlikely.

Clavis Prophetarum , from the blog Quintus, tells why he thinks Iceland s brave resistance to the political financial complex that ademocratically rules the European Union nowadays is being ignored