My just-concluded doctoral work featured the topic of political branding, a concept which is much popular in western democracies and has been extensively used in the advanced democracies like USA. I couldn't help but notice the differences, as well as the similarities which exist between the two nations as far as the notion of having a democratically elected government and the style of governance, is concerned (Presidential vs Prime Ministerial). This made me think about all the characteristics which these two democracies exhibit.
USA oldest democracy in the world? Iceland claims to have the oldest continuing parliamentary democracy in the world. The Alþingi is the national parliament of Iceland. It is the longest running democratic parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at Þingvellir.
Precisely, Geoff. And even older: Greek democracy, existed even several centuries B.C.
Okay. I stand corrected on that regard. However, my question still is how similar or different are the two democracies with regard to their respective political setups apart from the Presidential system in USA and Prime Ministerialship in India.
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