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Development of modern democracy

The evolution of modern democratic institutions and practices, including the role of Britain and other countries.

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Jan 27, 2026
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United Kingdom is the first and oldest modern democracy in the world.

The claim that is the “ in the world” is an over-simplification: can legitimately claim one of the oldest continuous representative assemblies and a long evolutionary contribution to modern democratic...

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Is the UK democratic

is a democratic constitutional monarchy: its government is formed from and accountable to and the monarch’s powers are largely ceremonial, a framework described by and . International indices and parl...