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Prodigal Son wrote:Zimbabwe is a good example of this. Democracy often fails and violence results because there are no meaningfull constraints on governments -- weak, corrupt legal systems, undeveloped civil society, parties based on ethno-cultural ties (which promote strong cooperation between individuals), and so forth. Democrarcy in such situtations become a "lottery" -- with those winning able to expropriate the wealth of all the others.
All modern democracies are representative republics
I can think of a few that would count as modern representative democracies that aren't republics.
Just in Europe: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, UK, Liechtenstein, Monaco and Luxembourg (or they all had constitutional monarchs or princes until recently). Then there's Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. That's before we even start on Africa, Asia ...
Aegis: which definition fits the UK? Do tell.
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a.A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.
b.A nation that has such a political order.
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