我觉得剑桥字典对民主的解释更准确:
1 the belief in freedom and equality between people, or a system of government based on this belief, in which power is either held by elected representatives or directly by the people themselves:
民主是一种自由和公平的信念和生活方式, 和为了保护这种信念而建立起来的政府
[ 本帖最后由 internalauditor 于 2009-11-26 17:34 编辑 ]