Guatemala <Tab/>What is Democracy? According to Freedom House, a research organization, which gives country ratings on how democratic they are, gives Guatemala a 4.0 on a scale from 1 to 7. Because of this, Guatemala is considered partially democratic. Gregory Mahler states that there are five characteristics of democracy. These characteristics tell how democratic a country is by means of elections, representation, participation, pluralism, and individual, social, and human rights. Of these characteristics; …showed first 75 words of 835 total…

…showed last 75 words of 835 total…comes to the reproduction status. <Tab/>Gregory Mahler has five characteristics that he says defines democracy. These include elections, representation, participation, pluralism, and individual, social, and human rights. In Guatemala, three of these characteristics elections, representation, and participation are democratically strong. The lacking of pluralism, and individual, social, and human rights makes Guatemala partially democratic. Guatemala is called a conservative democracy because it shows signs of both Conservative Authoritarian and Democracy.