Democracy, For Most of the People, by Most of People

In his speech at Bayeux, General Charles De Gaulle spoke of how "the Greeks in earlier times used to ask the sage Solon, ‘What is the best constitution?' He used to reply: ‘Tell me for what people and at what epoch (Suleiman, 137).'" Can simply the organization of government help to stabilize democracy in a given country? "While no one particular constitutional arrangement ensures democratic stability and effective government, an institutional form of governance …

…evident today in many of the dictatorial regimes of the world. This is why constitutional arrangements are necessary to strengthen political party systems, such as in Germany, Great Britain, and France. They ensure that political parties remain centralized. However political parties form the foundations of democracy, and even though they require limits on themselves to ensure democracy, they make sure that governments at least remain for most of the people, by most of the people.