Abstract: This is research on democracies, their characteristics and types, and how they affect functioning, performance, and stability. Beyond discussions of which characteristics are closer to certain democratic ideals, the interest is focused on distinguishing and classifying types of democracies on the basis of institutional characteristics, collective actors and citizens and see their effect on effectiveness, functioning, achievements. and ultimately stability. The discussion of its quality and approach to certain ideals is also underlying, but it is less important. Title: DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF STUDY: DEMOCRACY Author: Māris Ozols International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (IJRRSSH) ISSN 2349-7831 Vol. 9, Issue 3, July 2022 - September 2022 Page No: 25-28 Paper Publications Website: www.paperpublications.org Published Date: 19-July-2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6860801 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.paperpublications.org/upload/book/DEFINITION%20OF%20THE%20CONCEPT-19072022-5.pdf

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