"democracy as such" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to refer to the concept or essence of democracy itself, rather than a specific instance or application of it. Example: While many countries claim to practice democracy, few truly embrace democracy as such, with its emphasis on equal representation and protection of minority rights.
So the problem is not direct democracy as such, or even the initiative process, but the details of its Californian variant.
The speech, as preserved, is not peculiarly enthusiastic about democracy as such and has perhaps been over-interpreted in the light of Athens's later cultural fame.
Democracy as such can take its time to materialise, in the view of many Iraqis, so long as the foundations of a normal life begin to reappear.
"If those five things are emphasized without talking about democracy as such, we democrats in nondemocratic countries would be more than happy," he said.
In his guiding statement of principles, he wrote that "the main threat to human rights and freedoms, to democracy as such, emanates from the executive authority".
So democracy as such isn't a Muslim bugbear.One problem with Gallup's "fact-based" approach is that it has not, as yet, offered the public the full array of facts to chew over.
Of course, corruption exists in democracies as well, but such corruption, petty in both nature and sum, is fundamentally different from the massive looting by autocrats in dictatorships.
It was the first step towards a socialist democracy and was seen as such in Moscow and Washington.
The light in question is not necessarily that of democracy or individual freedom as such, at least not yet.
It remains one of the foundation stones of democracy and is enshrined as such in the American Constitution.
Mushwana said that in a healthy democracy, reports such as Triggs's should be received in the spirit of improving the rights of the most vulnerable.
