which country do you think in Europe or in north America, the best for democracy?

Answer 1

Personally I think Swsitzerland is the best. If a certain number of people sign a petition, it is put out to a referendum, every time.

Of course, it's not perfect, but it's not bad.

Answer 2

The trouble with democracy in the modern age is that it is great if you are on the "winning" side and dreadful if the opposite applies. At least in a dictatorship everyone is in the same position!

For my money, in the UK there are many, many issues where the will of the people is NOT upheld, whichever way they voted. Examples are the Iraq War, the way the NHS is run, our education system, immigration policy, punishment of offenders, especially the capital punishment issue, our continuing membership of the EU, the generation of fuel - the list is virtually endless.

Some of these issues, of course, have supporters for opposing ideas, but in the main the will of the British people does NOT prevail whichever political party is elected. Governments seem to operate on the "I know best" principle rather than representing the electorate. The USA has similar issues as do most countries in Europe.

Last year I went to Denmark and saw a country which appears to be a lot more efficiently run and which seems to have the wishes of the people as its driving force. Its recycling and power generation seems to be about as green as you can get and the country is efficient, clean and has healthy-looking citizens. I think I can safely say that I did not see one single obese person while I was there.

Thus, my vote goes to Denmark, although I believe Sweden, Norway and Finland probably operate similarly.

I DO think democracy is about the best we have come up with so far, but electing a government to represent the will of the people will only ever be truly representative if ALL the people think the same. A Labour Government will never represent the will of a Conservative and vice versa.

Answer 3

United States

Answer 4

Switzerland. The have a "Direct Democracy." Below is a description of their system:

Swiss citizens are subject to three legal jurisdictions: the commune, canton and federal levels. The 1848 federal constitution defines a system of direct democracy (sometimes called half-direct democracy since it is complemented by the more commonplace institutions of a parliamentary democracy.) The instruments of Swiss direct democracy at the federal, known as civil rights (droits civiques, Volksrechte) include the right to submit a constitutional initiative and a referendum, both of which may overturn parliamentary decisions.

By calling a federal referendum a group of citizens may challenge a law that has been passed by Parliament, if they can gather 50,000 signatures against the law within 100 days. If so, a national vote is scheduled where voters decide by a simple majority whether to accept or reject the law. Eight cantons together can also call a referendum on a federal law.

Similarly, the federal constitutional initiative allows citizens to put a constitutional amendment to a national vote, if they can get 100,000 voters to sign the proposed amendment within 18 months.[11] Parliament can complement the proposed amendment with a counter-proposal, with voters having to indicate a preference on the ballot in case both proposals are accepted. Constitutional amendments, whether introduced by initiative or in Parliament, must be accepted by a double majority of both the national popular vote and a majority of the cantonal popular votes.[

Answer 5

At the present time I think It would the Europe. At the being fall of the USSR there Many Nations that wanted Freedom and Democracy and They Got just that though Revolution and War .Poland, The Cezh Republic, the nations that were Yugoslavia and Russia Went from a Communist state to a Democracy. We here in the north America have lost the feel for Democracy. We have in a become to Fat and lazy for Democracy

We have gone from

"I hope, therefore, a bill of rights will be formed to guard the people against the Federal government as they are already guarded against their State governments, in most instances."
Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1788. ME 7:98

To this

"When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving a radical amount of individual freedom to Americans ... And so a lot of people say there's too much personal freedom. When personal freedom's being abused, you have to move to limit it. That's what we did in the announcement I made last weekend on the public housing projects, about how we're going to have weapon sweeps and more things like that to try to make people safer in their communities.Bill Clinton, "

Answer 6

I definately would say that The UK and the US are probably the two worst examples in both countries the will of the majority does not elect the governing elite. Both have powerful lobbyists that set the agenda. Having lived in the Netherlands for a while i think there system works better a least there children are not bottom of the developed world

Answer 7

Whichever as long as that country shows true democratic rights and not abusing the civil rights at all. Throughout history there have been many examples of the destructive or senseless use of political power. This has happened most frequently when too much power has been concentrated in too few hands, without enough room for political debate, public criticism, and other types of correctives. Examples of such regimes are despotism, tyranny, and dictatorship. To counter these potential problems, people have devised and practised different solutions, most of them related to the sharing of power (as in democracy), the placing of limitations on the extent of power one individual or group can have, and the creation of protective rights for individuals through legislation or charters (such as human rights).

Answer 8

North America is not Democracy ,it is democratic only for a select group of people and their ideas .
it is Christian Democracy which is another word for fascism ,
the only places close to the old greek idea of democracy is the Netherlands ,Denmark and Sweden ,
now South Africa is modeling on those in principle

Answer 9

Who cares? The US is not a Democracy, we are a Constitutional Republic based on the rule of law. Democracy is MOB RULE and very dangerous. The founding fathers knew the dangers of a democracy that is why the US is not one. I challenge anyone to find one mention of Democracy in the US Constitution or the Declaration of Independence, you will not find one mention. And I paraphrase a smarter man then I, " A democracy cannot sustain, for once the masses learn that they can vote for themselves from the public coffers we are doomed". Think about it, and learn something about our Constitutional Republic and why it is great.

Answer 10

USA in north America, Germany or Great Briton in Europe