Western Governors University (WGU) ENGL1712 D270 Composition: Successful Self-Expression Midterm Practice Test

This describes a system where formal elections and political competition exist, but civil rights and liberties aren’t fully protected. A hybrid democracy captures that mix: it has procedural democracy with elections, yet continues to exhibit nondemocratic practices such as restricted civil rights, limited media freedom, or weak rule of law. It sits along the spectrum between full democracy and outright autocracy, emphasizing the co-existence of democratic processes with undemocratic limits.

Geocentrism and interdependence aren’t about political regimes in this sense, so they don’t fit. Flawed democracy also describes elections with rights gaps, but the term hybrid democracy better signals the blend of democratic procedures with nondemocratic elements.