American, Australian, Canadian, Brazilian and Swiss are not languages). Using the term Flemish for the official language in Flanders is therefore not correct: the official language in Flanders is (standard) Dutch.ap showing the dialects spoken in the Benelux: many people in Flanders speak a dialect and the common Flemish, and understand spoken Dutch; in writing, the dialects are hardly used, while Flemish and Dutch are nearly identical in this regard. Belgian Dutch (Belgisch-Nederlands [ËbÉlÉ£is ËneËdÉrlÉnts].
Representative - The other type of democracy is a representative democracy. This is where the people elect representatives to run the government. Another name for this type of democracy is a democratic republic. The United States is a representative democracy.
Characteristics of Democracy in America. An excerpt from the textbook Magruderâs American Government. Chapter 1: Section 3- âBasic Concepts of Democracyâ. FOUNDATIONS. Democracy is not inevitable. It does not exist in the United States simply because. Americans regard it as the best of all possible political systems. Rather, democracy exists in. this country because the American people believe in its basic concepts. It will continue to exist. only for as long as we, the people, continue to subscribe to and practice those concepts.