Rule of law is necessary for a stable democracy but it does not need to be a written constitution. Some countries (most known is the UK) have no single constitutional document. Their constitution is merely a set of laws and principles. This is called an uncodified or unwritten constitution.
New Zealand is Another Country without a single constitutional document.
There is democracy in the Constitution
to have a group of small people to make important decisions
yes they do have a constitution, they are a democracy
NO. The United States is a representative democracy and its Constitution gives no provisions for direct democracy.
A constitution
Is an educated citizenry necessary to maintain democracy?
In a democracy you have majority rules. The can make whatever law they want because they have no constitution or charter to limit them. The USA doesn't have a democracy. It has a federal constitutional republic which is supposed to rule based on the constitution. It's meant to be limited by what the constitution allows.
A constitutional parliamentary democracy is a type of parliamentary democracy which is governed by a constitution.
democracy
democracy
A few factors are transparency,accountability,checks and balances,bipartisanship,public participation and good voter turnout by all classes. there is a lot more.
It provides a framework for a government so it can work as a democracy.