...Huntington's (1991 : 7) common sense definition of a political system as democratic « to the extent that its most powerful collective decisionmakers are selected...and periodic elections in which candidates freely competes for votes, and in which virtually all adult populations is eligible to vote ». Some scholars...

...similar criteria such as [a] twentieth century political system is democratic to the extent that its most powerful collective decision-makers are selected...candidates freely compete for votes and in which virtually all the adult population is eligible to vote.3 " Furthermore, he regards a free election for transfer...

...twentieth-century political system as democratic "to the extent that its most powerful collective decision makers are selected through fair, honest, and periodic elections...candidates freely compete for votes and in which virtually all the adult population is eligible to vote.""' With this definition, Huntington found that in 1991,...

...7) points out, a democratic system is the one in which "its most powerful collective decision makers are selected through fair, honest, and periodic elections...candidates freely compete for votes and in which virtually all the adult population is eligible to vote." Therefore, the belief in competitive election has been...

...political system as democratic to the extent that its most powerful 129 collective decision makers are selected through fair, honest, and periodic elections...candidates freely compete for votes and in which virtually all the adult population is eligible to vote. So defined, democracy involves the two dimensions —...

...Mainwaring 1998. 39 This volume generally follows Huntington's (1991) definition of democracy, a system by which "the most powerful collective decisionmakers...candidates freely compete for votes and in which virtually all the adult population is eligible to vote." *° Aldrich 1995. 41 Aldrich 1995; Beer 1981; Cox 1997;...

...defines a political system as democratic to the extent that its most powerful collective decision makers are selected through fair, honest, and periodic elections...candidates freely compete for votes and in which virtually all the adult population are eligible to vote. 14. The World Bank Workshop on Parliamentary Budget...

...defines a political system as democratic "to the extent that its most powerful collective decision makers are selected through fair, honest, and periodic elections...candidates freely compete for votes and in which virtually all the adult population is eligible to vote."21 As Huntington points out, this definition fulfills...

...politisches System „as democratic to the extent that its most powerful collective decision makers are selected through fair, honest, and periodic elections...candidates freely compete for votes and in which virtually all the adult population is eligible to vote"Der Grad der Demokratisierung ist also der Grad, zu welchem...

...liberal context of that struggle; for him, a democracy's "most powerful collective decision makers are selected through fair, honest and periodic elections in which candidates freely compete for votes."16 Bernard Lewis's partly facetious definition, proffered in a discussion of the limitations...