Understanding any country’s democratic prospects must begin with a definition of democracy, which is a hybrid form of government, a fusion of two different political traditions. The first is popular sovereignty, the rule of the people, which is exercised through elections.
对任何国家民主前景的理解都必须从对民主的定义开始，民主是政府的一种杂交形态，是两种不同政治传统的融合体——其一是人民主权，就所谓人民的治理，通过选举实现。另一种更古老但同样的重要的是自主选择的权利——就是自由。