What is the meaning of Democracy ?

A constitutional democracy is a system of government based on popular sovereignty in which the structures, powers, and limits of government are set forth in a constitution.

federalism.

What are the types of democracy?

A non-constitutional democracy is a form of government that does not have, or follow, constitutional rules. The government does whatever those currently in power choose to do. For a citizen, such governments are unpredictable and they may violate a person's rights with impunity.

The main types/forms of democracy are:
Direct democracy.

A federal democracy is a system of government in which power is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and constituent political units (like states or provinces). Each enforces its own law directly on it citizens and neither the national government nor constituent political units can alter the arrangement without the consent of the other.

Representative democracy.

A unitary democracy is a system of government in which constitutional authority lies in the hands of a single central government

Presidential democracy.

Parliamentary democracy.

Administrative divisions (subnational units) created by the central government are responsible for the everyday administration of government,

A presidential democracy is a form of government in which the executive branch is elected separately from the legislative branch.

The chief executive, the president, is elected for a fixed term and cannot be removed except by extraordinary measures. The powers vested in the president

are usually balanced against those vested in the legislature. In the American presidential system, the legislature must debate and pass bills.

The president has the power to veto a bill, preventing its adoption. However, the legislature may override the president's veto if it can muster enough votes.

A parliamentary democracy is a form of representative democracy in which political power is vested in an elected legislature, but the executive and legislative branches are not separate. The elected legislature (parliament) chooses the chief executive (prime minister).

he legislature may remove the prime minister at any time by a vote of no confidence and often approves the prime minister's cabinet members. T

The fusion of the legislative and executive branches in the parliamentary system leads to party members voting along party lines

An important theme running through this course is the desirability of examining American government in a comparative context by utilizing the comparative method.

The United States' formal democratic institutions are considerably different from those of most other democracies.

For example, while practically all modern democracies are constitutional democracies,

the United States is a federal democracy but most democracies are unitary.

And while most democracies are parliamentary democracies, the US is a presidential democracy.

. Americans who have not studied other countries often assume that the United State provided the model for the rest of the world's democracies.

. While there is little doubt that the United States and its story have inspired democratic ideals worldwide,