"shaky democracy" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to an uncertain, unsteady, or weak form of democracy. For example: "The current political situation in our nation is indicative of a shaky democracy."
The shaky democracy over which Mr. Obasanjo presides has been tested severely despite the new openness.
Despite fears of violence, there was none; 745 people were arrested, but most were soon released.See article: Mexico's student protest endsMore trouble for Paraguay's shaky democracy.
After its recent history of shaky democracy and rampant corruption, Slovakia's entry into these western clubs may give new hope to hapless countries further east.
The insurgency and the brutal official response distorted and undermined Colombia's shaky democracy, exacerbating divisions linked to class, race and land.
The prize is a huge victory for Tunisia, whose young and still shaky democracy suffered two extremist attacks this year that killed 60 people and devastated the tourism industry.
It lost the mainly Kurdish city of Van to the Democratic Society Party (DTP), whose strident Kurdish nationalist message trumped Mr Erdogan's talk of the common bond of Islam.The elections were a triumph for Turkey's shaky democracy.
Moreover, the main justification that NATO proponents gave for expanding NATO to the shaky democracies of Eastern Europe was that this would promote democratization and stability there.
That they have succeeded in doing so could well turn out to be a disaster, and not just for Egypt.The precedent that Mr Morsi's ouster sets for other shaky democracies is a terrible one.
Now, suddenly, he is free and the region's shakiest democracy looks shakier still.On August 18th, three days after taking office, Mr Cubas signed a decree commuting the general's sentence to three months (he has been held in a barracks since December) and restoring his civil and political rights.
The incident marks the first attack on a tourist site in years in Tunisia, since its shaky young democracy was founded in 2011.
He said efforts to register voters had already been disrupted by violence, threatening the country's shaky progress toward democracy.
