Русско-англо-русский юридический словарь

On television he told his citizens that "a democratic form of government is not a helpless form of government". (The Times)

"We are thrilled that the Bristolian public have voted for a more democratic form of government. (BBC News)

We know that Trump and his nepotistic, inept administration is corrupt to the core, but we remain hopeful that our institutional checks and balances will preserve and uphold our democratic form of government. (The Independent)

The most forceful contemporary statement of this instrumental argument is provided by Amartya Sen, who argues, for example, that “no substantial famine has ever occurred in any independent country with a democratic form of government and a relatively free press” (Sen 1999, 152). (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)