In 2011, considerable grassroots interest in participatory democracy was generated by the Occupy movement.

Members of the occupy movement practicing participatory democracy in a General assembly ( Occupy movement ) | General Assembly held in Washington Square Park, New York City on October 8, 2011

By November 2011 the movement had been frequently criticized for not yet coalescing around clearly identifiable aims, though many have argued that the experiment with participatory democracy was the only plausible aim.

The following countries are categorized by the Democracy Index 2011 as Full democracy:

In March 2011, following Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko's crackdown on the Belarusian democracy movement, Spacey, along with Jude Law and others, joined street protests against Lukashenko.

On 3 August 2011, the NTC issued a Constitutional Declaration which declares the statehood of Libya as a democracy with Islam as its state religion, in which the state guarantees the rule of law and an independent judiciary as well as civic and human basic rights ( including freedom of religion and women's rights ), and which contains provisions for a phase of transition to a presidential republic with an elected national assembly and a democratically legitimized constitution by 2013.

Despite the constitution's provisions for democracy, in practice, until 2011, Kim Jong-il exercised absolute control over the government and the country.

However, in 2011 a national uprising led to the resignation of the President and the dismantling of the RCD, paving the way for a multi-party democracy.

Ultimately, Nasser's efforts failed in this respect, and hope for democracy remained virtually absent in Egypt until the people-led Egyptian revolution of 2011.

Former diplomat Carne Ross writes that in 2011 that the debates arising from deliberative democracy are also much more civil, collaborative, and evidence-based than the debates in traditional town hall meetings or in internet forums.

In 2011, the WVS results on democracy helped many reporters understand the cultural motivations behind the revolts around the Arab world.

In May 2012 Negri self-published ( with Michael Hardt ) an electronic pamphlet on the occupation and encampment movements of 2011 – 2012 called Declaration that argues the movement explores new forms of democracy.

In 2011 Law joined street protests against Alexander Lukashenko and Lukashenko's brutal crackdown on the Belarusian democracy movement.

For example, the Chinese premier Wen Jiabao once said in a speech that without real democracy, there is no guarantee of economic and political rights ; but he led a 2011 crackdown against the peaceful Chinese jasmine protests.

Town Meeting: Practicing Democracy in Rural New England ( University of Massachusetts Press ; 2011 ) 344 pages ; analyzes the rocky but productive process of town-meeting democracy in Ashfield, Mass., a community of just under 2, 000 in the Berkshires.

They talked to merge together during 2011 but failed, as the GNIGS has ruled out working with the Islamic Reformists deemed Islamist whereas the UASDI thinks secular democracy can only be achieved with the help of the Reformists.

A 2011 report by the Foundation for Democratic Advancement states, in its executive summary: " Venezuela's constitutional and legislative basis for democracy is exceptional, innovative, and progressive.

During her opening speech in Tours on 16 January 2011, she advocated to " restore the political framework of the national community " and to implement the direct democracy which enables the " civic responsibility and the collective tie " thanks to the participation of public-spirited citizens for the decisions.

On 19 November 2011, she presented in Paris the main thematic issues of her presidential project: sovereign people and democracy, Europe, reindustrialization and strong state, family and education, immigration and assimilation versus communitarianism, geopolitics and international politics.

In February 2011, Pahlavi said after violence erupted in Tehran that Iran ’ s youth were determined to get rid of an authoritarian government tainted by corruption and misrule in the hope of installing a democracy.

– " The problem of democracy " ( Arktos 2011 )

Smith also is vice-chairman of the Committee on International Relations and as of 2011 became Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe ( also known as the United States Helsinki Commission ), which works to promote and foster democracy, human rights, and stability in Eastern and Central Europe.

As to the Palestinians, who are the descendants of those Arabs who migrated in the last 200 years, they have the right, if they want, to have their own state ... but not at the expense of the state of Israel .” In the wake of the Arab uprisings of 2011, he told Moment Magazine, " To sign an agreement you must have a partner who is dependent on the well-being of his people, which is what democracy means.

After the Argentine Supreme Court's 2003 decision that the amnesty implemented during the transition to democracy ( Ley de Obediencia Debida and Ley de Punto Final ) was unconstitutional, legal action against Astiz was renewed and he was given a life sentence by the supreme court on 26 October 2011.

The municipality Abdera was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

The province is currently governed by the BC Liberal Party, led by Premier Christy Clark, who became leader as a result of the party election on February 26, 2011.

In 2011, Justin Verlander became the first pitcher to be named the MVP since Dennis Eckersley in 1992.

He next accepted a post as a director with Wigan Athletic, then became a member of Manchester United's board of directors in 1984 and remains one as of June 2011.

In 2011, Budweiser became the sponsor for Kevin Harvick.

In December 2011, Rodrigo Carreras became the Costa Rican ambassador to Israel for the second time, after his posting there in the 1980s.

The municipality Delphi was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 8 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

After losing the first three games of the series against the Sharks, the Red Wings won three consecutive games to force a Game 7, becoming just the eighth team in NHL history to accomplish the feat ( the Chicago Blackhawks became the seventh team to do so earlier in the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs, against the Vancouver Canucks ).

In 2011, the film Intouchables became the most watched film in France ( including the foreign films ).

The 1billionhungry project became the EndingHunger campaign in April 2011.

Jennifer Granholm became the first female Governor of Michigan on January 1, 2003, when she succeeded John Engler ; she served for 8 years, until January 1, 2011.

It became the official opposition in 1999, a minority government in 2007 and a majority government from 2011.

Hezbollah became a part of the government for the first time on June 13, 2011.

In 2011, Hearst absorbed more than 100 magazine titles from the Lagardere group for more than $ 700 million and became a challenger of Time Inc ahead of Condé Nast.

Hadžić became the last of 161 indicted fugitives to be arrested after Serbian President Boris Tadić announced his arrest on 20 July 2011.

According to the Concord Monitor, when Lynch was inaugurated on January 6, 2011, he became “ the state's longest-serving governor in nearly two centuries.

Kid Rock became the first musician to play in a recorded concert for television at Elvis Presley's Graceland on November 28, 2011 when PBS taped an episode for their Live from the Artists Den.

Peru became the first of several countries to sever diplomatic relations with Tripoli on 22 February 2011, followed closely by African Union member state Botswana the following day.

On 10 March 2011, France became the first country to not just break off relations with the jamahiriya, but transfer diplomatic recognition to the rebel National Transitional Council established in Benghazi, declaring it to be " the sole legitimate representative of the Libyan people ".

The municipality Larissa was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

After the third meeting in 1961 at the Wingspread Conference Center in Racine, Wisconsin, a standard proposed primarily by Emmett L. Bennett, Jr. ( 1918 – 2011 ), became known as the Wingspread Convention, which was adopted by a new organization, the Comité International Permanent des Études Mycéniennes ( CIPEM ), affiliated in 1970 by the fifth colloquium with UNESCO.

* Team Lotus, a Malaysian Formula One racing team that began racing in 2010 as Lotus Racing and became the Caterham F1 Team at the end of the 2011 season

Astro Boy quickly became ( and remains ) immensely popular in Japan and elsewhere, and the anime adaptation of Sazae-san drawing more viewers than any other anime on Japanese television in 2011.

Macedonia became the first country eligible for the IMF ’ s Precautionary Credit Line in January 2011.

On 31 October 2011 Malaysia became a party to the Antarctic Treaty.