pluralist democracy

collocation in English

meaningsofpluralistanddemocracy

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pluralist
adjective
uk
/ˈplʊə.rə.lɪst/us
/ˈplʊr.əl.ɪst/
including or considering many different types of people, with different beliefs, opinions, ...
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democracy
noun
uk
/dɪˈmɒk.rə.si/us
/dɪˈmɑː.krə.si/
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 ...
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(Definition ofpluralistanddemocracyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It worked in favour of multi-factions that involved some kind ofpluralistdemocracy.
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The new public ordering authority entailed an effort to induce appropriate behaviors for unions and managers in order to makepluralistdemocracywork.
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Such state cultures could be seen as the hallmark ofpluralistdemocracy.
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As a matter of fact, what resulted from his regime was apluralistdemocracy, indeed one close to being wholly consensual.
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The emergence of powerful unions confronted the justices with the dilemmas ofpluralistdemocracy, but they lacked both the willingness and the conceptual tools to deal with them.
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They are an important milestone in the development of apluralistdemocracy.
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The promotion of human rights andpluralistdemocracymakes the world a safer and happier place for all humankind.
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I spoke of the lack of genuinepluralistdemocracy.
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Another of its objectives is to establish effectivepluralistdemocracyin countries which, historically, for the most part have had little experience of it.
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That is bad news for communities up and down the country, and bad news for a vibrant,pluralistdemocracy.
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You have declared that you want apluralistdemocracywith open institutions, a diversified economy and a role for the press and non-governmental organisations.
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I appreciate the difficulty of turning a former communist totalitarian regime with no history of democracy into a modernpluralistdemocracy.
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This aims to support their transition to apluralistdemocracyand a market economy.
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These are: accountability through apluralistdemocracy; a free press; the rule of law, guaranteed by an independent judiciary; and a market economy.
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The aim of the know-how fund is to support transition to apluralistdemocracyand a market economy.
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That cannot be healthy for apluralistdemocracy.
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In our view a flourishing voluntary sector is important to the development of apluralistdemocracyand a market economy.
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Parties will have their flaws, but there is nopluralistdemocracyin the world without political parties that represent the will of the people.
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We must have apluralistdemocracy, but not one in which all the power leans one way.
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We would argue that the basic right to bargain collectively is an essential prerequisite of a healthypluralistdemocracy.
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