Sentence examples for limits democracy from inspiring English sources

Within rights-based limits, democracy works better if the majority can enact its program and then be judged (and replaced) on that basis.

However, to her credit, Fatima has vocally expressed her disdain for family-based politics: "Dynasty negates participation, and limits democracy.

A political arrangement that limits democracy to a privileged class and keeps others behind military checkpoints, barbed-wire fences and separation walls does not define democracy.

Limiting democracy isn't the same as limiting government, however.

Many totalitarian governments have used citizen monitoring to restrict rights and limit democracy.

Though the proposed declaration might protect liberals from an Islamist-dominated constitution, it could also limit democracy by shielding the military from full civilian control.

WITH local elections due in May and parliamentary ones in the autumn, Moroccans are being offered a new version of their so far limited democracy.

Turkey's highest-ranking judge, who burst into the news last year by denouncing laws that limit democracy here, emerged today as the probable next president of the country.

Stanislav Belkovsky, a political analyst, said: "Recalling Stolypin helps Putin justify his own deeds, such as limiting democracy and certain liberties".

Hong Kong only has limited democracy, so Mr Tung was elected by an 800-person election committee, dominated by people loyal to Beijing.

[Žižek then explores what he sees as a global trend towards limiting democracy.] Since the 2008 crisis, this distrust of democracy, once limited to third-world or post-Communist developing economies, is gaining ground in western countries.