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• Democracy, a broad article on democracy, especially its application in modernity
• Anticipatory democracy, which relies on some degree of disciplined and usually market-informed anticipation of the future, to guide major decisions
• Athenian democracy (sometimes called classical democracy), as originally developed in the Classical Greek city-state of Athens
• Defensive democracy, a situation in which a democratic society has to limit some rights and freedoms in order to protect the institutions of the democracy.
• Deliberative democracy, which focuses on hearing out every policy alternative, from every direction, and providing time to research them all
• Demarchy, a form of democracy which has people randomly selected from the citizenry to either act as representatives, or to make decisions in specific areas of governance (defense, environment, etc.)
• E-democracy, which comprises the use of electronic communications technologies, such as the Internet, in enhancing democratic processes within a democratic republic or representative democracy.
• Market democracy, another name for democratic capitalism, an economic ideology based on a tripartite arrangement of a market-based economy based predominantly on economic incentives through free markets, a democratic polity and a liberal moral-cultural system which encourages pluralism
• Democratic centralism, an organizational method where members of a political party discuss and debate matters of policy and direction and after the decision is made by majority vote, all members are expected to follow that decision in public
• Direct democracy, implementations of democracy in more pure forms; classically termed pure democracy
• Dominant-party system, a democratic party system where only one political party can realistically become the government, by itself or in a coalition government
• Economic democracy, a theory of democracy involving people having access to subsistence, or equity in living standards.
• Grassroots democracy, a form of democracy emphasizing trust in small decentralized units at the municipal government level, possibly using urban secession to establish the formal legal authority to make decisions made at this local level binding
• Illiberal democracy, a type of representative democracy where there are no or only weak limits on the power of the elected representatives to rule as they please
• Jacksonian democracy, a form of democracy popularized by President Andrew Jackson promoted the strength of the executive branch and the Presidency at the expense of Congressional power
• Jeffersonian democracy, a form of government named for American statesman Thomas Jefferson
• Liberal democracy, a form of representative democracy with protection for individual liberty and property by rule of law
• Multiparty democracy, a two-party system requires voters to align themselves in large blocs, sometimes so large that they cannot agree on any overarching principles
• New Democracy, a Maoist concept based on Mao Tse-Tung's "Bloc of Four Classes" theory in post-revolutionary China
• Non-partisan democracy, a system of representative government or organization such that universal and periodic elections (by secret ballot) take place without reference to political parties
• Parliamentary democracy, a democratic system of government where the executive branch of a parliamentary government is typically a cabinet, and headed by a prime minister who is considered the head of government
• Participatory democracy, which involves consensus decision making and offers greater political representation, e.g., wider control of proxies others trust them with, to those who get directly involved and actually participate
• Republican democracy, a republic which has democracy through elected representatives
• Representative democracy describes indirect democracy where sovereignty is held by the people's representatives
• Social democracy, a political philosophy that calls upon government to be for the people. In contrast to Socialists, modern Social Democrats do not believe in nationalizing industry
• Sortition, a democratic method of choosing political and administrative officials, advocated by Aristotle, and used in classical Athens and Venice, which is based on the drawing of lots as opposed to election by vote
• Soviet democracy, a form of democracy in which workers elect representatives in the organs of power called soviets (councils)
• Totalitarian democracy, a system of government in which lawfully elected representatives maintain the integrity of a nation state whose citizens, while granted the right to vote, have little or no participation in the decision-making process of the government.
• Westminster democracy, a parliamentary system of government modeled after that of the United Kingdom system
• Workplace democracy, the application of democracy to the workplace as opposed to conventional top-down management hierarchy

Anticipatory democracy is a theory of civics relying on democratic decision making that takes into account predictions of future events that have some credibility with the electorate. ... The speakers platform in the Pnyx, the meeting ground of the assembly where all the great political struggles of Athens were fought during the Golden Age. Here Athenian statesmen stood to speak, such as Pericles and Aristides in the 5th century BC and Demosthenes and Aeschines in the 4th... Deliberative democracy, also sometimes called discursive democracy, is a term used by political theorists, e. ... Demarchy is a term coined by Australian philosopher John Burnheim to describe a political system without the state or bureaucracies, and based instead on randomly selected groups of decision makers. ... E-democracy (a neologism and contraction of electronic democracy) is the utilization of electronic communications technologies, such as the Internet, in enhancing democratic processes within a democratic republic or representative democracy. ... Democratic Capitalism is a right-of-center ideology that supports a mainly capitalist market economy, with some limitations (i. ... Democratic Capitalism is a right-of-center ideology that supports a mainly capitalist market economy, with some limitations (i. ... Democratic centralism is the name given to the principles of internal organization used by Leninist political parties, and the term is sometimes used as a synonym for any Leninist policy inside a political party. ... Direct democracy, classically termed pure democracy,[1] comprises a form of democracy and theory of civics wherein sovereignty is lodged in the assembly of all citizens. ... A dominant-party system, or one party dominant system, is a party system where only one political party can realistically become the government, by itself or in a coalition government. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For other meanings, see Grass roots (disambiguation). ... Technically speaking, an illiberal democracy could be any democracy that is not a liberal democracy. ... Jacksonian democracy refers to the political philosophy of President Andrew Jackson and his followers in the new Democratic Party. ... Portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale in 1800. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... A multi-party system is a type of party system. ... For other uses of the term, including political parties with the name New Democracy, see New Democracy (disambiguation). ... Non-partisan democracy (also no-party democracy) is a system of representative government or organization such that universal and periodic elections (by secret ballot) take place without reference to political parties or even the speeches, campaigns, nominations, or other apparatus commonly associated with democracy. ... States currently utilizing parliamentary systems are denoted in red and orange—the former being constitutional monarchies where authority is vested in a parliament, and the latter being parliamentary republics whose parliaments are effectively supreme over a separate head of state. ... Participatory democracy is a broadly inclusive term for many kinds of consultative decision making which require consultation on important decisions by those who will carry out the decision. ... Republican democracy is a republic which has democracy. ... In a broad definition a republic is a state or country that is led by people who do not base their political power on any principle beyond the control of the people of that state or country. ... Representative democracy is a form of democracy founded on the exercise of popular sovereignty by the peoples representatives. ... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... Sortition is the method of random selection, particularly in relation to the selection of decision makers also known as allotment. ... Soviet democracy is a form of democracy in which workers elect representatives in the organs of power called soviets (councils). ... Totalitarian democracy is a term coined by Israeli historian J. L. Talmon to refer to a system of government in which lawfully elected representatives maintain the integrity of a nation state whose citizens, while granted the right to vote, have little or no participation in the decision-making process of... Workplace democracy is the application of democracy in all its forms (including voting systems, debates, democratic structuring, due process, adversarial process, systems of appeal, and so on) to the workplace. ...

See also

• Election
• Forms of Government