The following outline is provided as 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.
[1] Democracy can be described as a(n): The main types of democracy include the following: History of democracy – democracy can be traced back from the present day to classical Athens in the 6th century BCE.
Criticism of democracy includes charges that democracy is either economically inefficient, politically idealistic, or morally corrupt.