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2. Democratic republic - Wikipedia

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   In addition, there are a few countries which use the term "Democratic Republic" in the name and have a good record of holding free or relatively free general elections and were rated "flawed democracy" or "full democracy" in the Democracy Index, such as the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste , the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe ...

3. Republicanism - Wikipedia

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   Today the term republic usually refers to representative democracy with an elected head of state, such as a president, who serves for a limited term; in contrast to states with a hereditary monarch as a head of state, even if these states also are representative democracies, with an elected or appointed head of government such as a prime minister.

4. List of countries by system of government - Wikipedia

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5. Types of democracy - Wikipedia

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   A direct democracy, or pure democracy, is a type of democracy where the people govern directly, by voting on laws and policies. It requires wide participation of citizens in politics. [ 4 ] Athenian democracy , or classical democracy, refers to a direct democracy developed in ancient times in the Greek city-state of Athens.

6. Republic - Wikipedia

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   The distinction between a republic and a monarchy is not always clear. The constitutional monarchies of the former British Empire and Western Europe today have almost all real political power vested in the elected representatives, with the monarchs only holding either theoretical powers, no powers or rarely used reserve powers. Real legitimacy ...

7. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2007 March 23

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   Some republics are democracies, but not all; some monarchies are democracies, but not all. The United Kingdom has a hereditary sovereign as head of state, but is still a democracy, whereas Saudi Arabia, which also has a sovereign as head of state, is not. The United States is a republic and a democracy; China is a republic but it is not a ...

8. Classical republicanism - Wikipedia

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   The modern term "republic", despite its derivation, is not synonymous with the Roman res publica. [21] Among the several meanings of the term res publica, it is most often translated "republic" where the Latin expression refers to the Roman state, and its form of government, between the era of the Kings and the era of the Emperors. This Roman ...

9. Republicanism in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The idea that America is "a republic, not a democracy" has been a recurring theme in American Republicanism since the early 20th century. It declared that not only is majoritarian "pure" democracy a form of tyranny (unjust and unstable) but that democracy, in general, is a distinct form of government from republicanism and that the United ...