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Representative democracy

Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy or electoral democracy, is a type of democracy where elected delegates represent a group of people, in contrast to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of representative democracy: for example, the United Kingdom (a unitary parliamentary…

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related to Early constitutional development · 19
Representative democracy → Bill, Constitution, Corsican Republic's Constitution, England, Enlightenment, Following Corsica's, Genoa, Glorious Revolution, In Britain, Later, Montfort's Parliament, Parliament, Pasquale Paoli, Reform Acts, Rights, Simon, Some, The Oxford Parliament, Widening
related to Criticisms · 13
Representative democracy → Adolf Gasser, As, Gemeindefreiheit, In, Local, Political Parties, Representative, Rettung Europas, Robert Michels, Society, There, These, This
related to Proposed solutions · 10
Representative democracy → Athenian, Choosing, India, It, La Stochocratie, Roger, Sizif, Stochocracy, The, Therefore
related to Ancient and medieval origins · 8
Representative democracy → Ancient Athens, Ekklesia, European, Representative, Roman, Roman Republic, The, The Roman
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Representative democracy → form of democracy in which people vote for representatives who then vote on policy initiatives

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