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Democracy is a form of government in which the rulers are elected by the people. In this type of government, power is always in the hands of people. The word democracy comes from the Greek word ‘demokratia’.
DEMOS-It means people AND, KRATIA—means the rule.
Forms of government
Myanmar where the army rules, Dictator Pinochet’s rule in Chile, or President Nkrumah’s rule in Ghana was not democratic. They were not chosen by the people.
Hereditary kings, like the king of Nepal or Saudi Arabia, are also not democratic rulers. They rule because they were born into noble families.
Democracy is a form of government in which the rulers are elected by the people.
This definition allows us to separate democracy from forms of government that is clearly not democratic.