The Dominican people have known no democratic institutions and precious little freedom for a generation, and all alternative leadership has been suppressed.

Despite the democratic, constitutional framework, the military has exercised substantial power and interfered repeatedly in civilian leadership since multi-party elections were instituted in 1994.

Brundtland is also a member of the Club de Madrid, an independent organization of former leaders of democratic states, which works to strengthen democratic governance and leadership.

Some Afghan groups ( including the former intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh and opposition leader Dr. Abdullah Abdullah ) believe that Karzai plans to appease the insurgents ' senior leadership at the cost of the democratic constitution, the democratic process and progress in the field of human rights especially women's rights.

In January 1944, the Istiqlal ( Independence ) Party, which subsequently provided most of the leadership for the nationalist movement, released a manifesto demanding full independence, national reunification, and a democratic constitution.

In political theory it is generally believed that a stable nation, ruled by a leadership that is subject to broad scrutiny ( though not necessarily democratic scrutiny ), will tend to act in its own best interests and will not take actions that are directly contrary to its own interests, particularly not to its own survival.

Leninist theory postulates that, with the strongly determined will of the Bourgeoisie to establish Imperialism, socialism will not arise spontaneously through the natural decay of capitalism, and that workers by themselves, who may be more or less sedated by reactionary propaganda, are unable to effectively organise and develop socialist consciousness, therefore requiring the leadership of a revolutionary vanguard organized on the basis of democratic centralism.

Upon assuming power, the FSLNs political platform included the following: nationalization of property owned by the Somozas and their supporters ; land reform ; improved rural and urban working conditions ; free unionization for all workers, both urban and rural ; price fixing for commodities of basic necessity ; improved public services, housing conditions, education ; abolition of torture, political assassination and the death penalty ; protection of democratic liberties ; equality for women ; non-aligned foreign policy ; formation of a " popular army " under the leadership of the FSLN and Humberto Ortega.

With the growing influence of leftists and democratic socialists, under the leadership of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and amid growing public pressure and wide public disapproval of his policies and government, Khan was forced to hold the general election of 1970.

Under the leadership of President Philibert Tsiranana, Madagascar's First Republic ( 1960 – 1972 ) was established as a democratic system modeled on that of France.

Drogheda Borough Council is an elected local government body which is mandated under the Local Government Act 2001 to provide civic leadership and a forum for the democratic representation of the community.

Though it had the option of going for General Richard Mulcahy, Collins ' successor as Commander-in-Chief of the National Army, the pro-Treaty leadership opted for Cosgrave, in part due to his democratic credentials as a long-time politician.

The sections of the International that recognised the leadership of the International Secretariat remained optimistic about the possibilities for increasing the International's political influence and extended the entrism into social democratic parties which was already underway in Britain, Austria and elsewhere.

Although there is a wide range of leadership cultures and styles between the three main colony varieties and in some cases very dominant ministers or secretaries may hold greater sway over some colonies than others, the general prevailing culture in most colonies is strongly democratic.

One variation of syndicalism is anarcho-syndicalism, which ( in comparison to syndicalism ) develops rank and file power with democratic traditions to maintain worker control over union leadership.

Under his leadership, the PIP adopted a democratic socialist program.

Port Laoise Town Council is an elected local government body which is mandated under the Local Government Act 2001 to provide civic leadership and a forum for the democratic representation of the community.

He is currently a member of the Club de Madrid, an organization of former democratic statesmen that works to strengthen democratic governance and leadership.

The authoritarian leadership style, for example, is approved in periods of crisis but fails to win the " hearts and minds " of followers in day-to-day management ; the democratic leadership style is more adequate in situations that require consensus building ; finally, the laissez-faire leadership style is appreciated for the degree of freedom it provides, but as the leaders do not " take charge ", they can be perceived as a failure in protracted or thorny organizational problems.

In an emergency when there is little time to converge on an agreement and where a designated authority has significantly more experience or expertise than the rest of the team, an autocratic leadership style may be most effective ; however, in a highly motivated and aligned team with a homogeneous level of expertise, a more democratic or laissez-faire style may be more effective.

Labour, now sporting a continental social democratic style emblem of a rose, appeared to be able to run the governing Conservatives close, but Margaret Thatcher did not let Labour's makeover go unchallenged.

Despite the efforts of previous kings, western, democratic style of the government was alien to the kingdom.

Since becoming a western style constitutional democratic monarchy in 1932, for most of the time the country has been ruled by military governments.

" The issue is Daley's increasingly authoritarian style that brooks no disagreements, legal challenges, negotiations, compromise or any of that messy give-and-take normally associated with democratic government ," the Chicago Tribune editorialized.

As a result, since 1917, Trotskyism as a political theory is fully committed to a Leninist style of democratic centralist party organisation, which Trotskyists argue must not be confused with the party organisation as it later developed under Stalin.

However, the vestiges of democratic institutions were never entirely destroyed, resulting in the facade of Western style institutions such as parliaments, which effectively just rubber-stamped decisions made by rulers, and constitutions, to which adherence by authorities was limited or non-existent.

: ' The negotiator ' is a style of direction in which the director focuses on a more improvised and mediated form of rehearsal and creation, using the ideas of the production team and actors to shape a theatrical work in quite a democratic style.

The Conservative Prime Ministers Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin pursued an interventionist style of conservatism which won them democratic support because of its wide electoral appeal.

In early March Khomeini announced, " do not use this term, ‘ democratic .’ That is the Western style ," giving pro-democracy liberals ( and later leftists ) a taste of disappointments to come.

These democratic impulses led to a marked conservatism in style, such that the artistic leadership of the years 1900-1916 all but disappeared.

In contrast, David had a democratic style of leadership, and so with no senior management changes in 1993, JD's " Yes Men " were suddenly unguided on what they should do.

Moores promised that his administration would make government more democratic and accountable, which was in contrast to Smallwood's domineering leadership style.

Humphrys has occasionally been criticised for his forthright interviewing style: for example, in March 1995 after being interviewed on Today the former Conservative Cabinet Minister, Jonathan Aitken, accused him of " poisoning the well of democratic debate ", although Aitken was not supported by his fellow Cabinet Ministers, Kenneth Clarke and Douglas Hurd when they were interviewed by Humphrys on the Today programme, on the following Monday.

According to ceramic art critics of today, this pot style was intended to be modernist, useful, and " democratic in usage " as opposed to the fine art pot.

One of the founders of modern Islamist thought he is credited with first developing the notion, later put in operation in Iran, of having western style democratic elections, but with a body of Muslim scholars to ensure all laws corresponded with Islamic teachings.

His prose style, open-ended and improvisational, was an innovation, but this and his democratic ideals were a challenge to the Communist regime.

His overall view being that the interests of US foreign policy are far better served by the current status quo, whereby the existing autocratic regimes are better able to suppress the threat he perceives from Al Qaida incursion than western style democratic systems.

" As President Roosevelt's son he had rather a difficult task to fit himself in with the democratic style of living which is necessary in the intimate life of an aviation camp.

Patterson is a member of the Club de Madrid, a group that consists of more than 80 former Presidents and Prime Ministers of democratic countries, which works to strengthen democracy and democratic leadership worldwide.

* Rule of law, government that consists of rule not by one person but by laws, as in a democratic republic ; no one person can rule and even top government officials are under and ruled by the law.

Socialist Youth Front is a uniting organization for the left-wing radical youth, and it consists of many ideological persuasions, ranging from marxists-leninists, democratic socialists to anarchists.

Therefore, the system consists of two basic elements: ( 1 ) democratic planning, which involves a feedback process between workplace assemblies, demotic assemblies and the confederal assembly, and ( 2 ) an artificial market using personal vouchers, which ensures freedom of choice but avoids the adverse effects of real markets.

The group's membership consists of those democratic socialists under the age of 30, and its political activities tend to concentrate on increasing the voter turnout of young democratic socialists and affecting the issues impacting that demographic group.

EAAK consists of several schemas ( special term to define an independent, direct democratic collectiveness ).