Sentence examples for weak democracy from inspiring English sources

The result has been 38 years of weak democracy but strong politics.

He wrote of a primitive, oil-dependent economy, weak democracy, a shrinking population, an explosive north Caucasus and all-pervasive corruption.

Sadly, for large parts of Asia with weak democracy and illiberal strongmen in charge, the chances of a fair reckoning for vile crimes are slender indeed.

But for Guatemala, a poor and weak democracy, the floods and mudslides triggered by Hurricane Stan in early October were a body blow.

Here again is a weak democracy -really, a democracy in its infancy -where the leadership has no popular support, including Mikhail Gorbachev.

Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a different case: An Islamic populist has used an institutionally weak democracy to enthrone himself as pasha.

Weak democracies, where the legitimacy of governing institutions is contested, are more prone to civil wars.

Laws, legislatures and legal mechanisms have been starved by strong armies and weak democracies.

Consistent with this view is Kaplan's contention that authoritarian regimes are often preferable to weak democracies.

Experts say that in weak democracies, norm violations can erode democracy — but that in strong ones, institutional checks and balances ensure that they don't.

My research finds that a coup overthrowing democratically elected leaders — even in weak democracies — is highly discouraging for a country's economic development.