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Representative democracy is a form of government founded on the principles of
popular sovereignty by the people's representatives. The representatives form an independent ruling body (for an election period) charged with the responsibility of acting in the people's interest, but
not as their proxy representatives—i.e., not necessarily always according to their wishes, but with enough
authority to exercise swift and resolute initiative in the face of changing circumstances. It is often contrasted with direct democracy, where representatives are absent or are limited in power as proxy representatives.
The representatives are chosen by the majority of the voters (as opposed to the majority of the population/eligible voters) in
elections. This is known as 'Plurality'. While existing representative democracies hold such elections to choose representatives, in theory other methods, such as sortition (more closely aligned with direct democracy), could be used instead. Also, representatives sometimes hold the power to select other representatives, presidents, or other officers of government (indirect representation).
A representative democracy that also protects liberties is called a liberal democracy. One that does not is an illiberal democracy. There is no necessity that individual liberties are respected in a representative democracy. For example, the
Communist states were
technically representative democracies who regularly held elections.
Today, in liberal democracies, representatives are usually elected in free, secret-ballot, Multi-party system elections. The power of representatives in a liberal democracy is usually curtailed by a
constitution (as in a constitutional republic or a constitutional monarchy) or other measures to balance representative power:
- An independent judiciary, which may have the power to declare legislative acts unconstitutional (e.g. Supreme Court)
- It may also provide for some deliberative democracy (e.g., Royal Commissions) or direct democracy measures (e.g., initiative, referendum, recall elections). However, these are not always binding and usually require some legislative action - legal power usually remains firmly with representatives.
- In some cases, a bicameral legislature may have an "upper house" that is not directly elected, such as the Canadian Senate, which was in turn modelled on the British House of Lords.
The term republic may have many different meanings. Today, it often simply means a state with an elected head of state, such as the
Islamic Republic of Iran or the former German Democratic Republic. It may also have a meaning similar to liberal democracy. For example, "the United States relies on representative democracy, but system of government is much more complex than that. is not a simple representative democracy, but a
constitutional republic in which majority rule is tempered by minority rights protected by law.(Scheb, John M. An Introduction to the American Legal System. Thomson Delmar Learning 2001. p. 6)
Literature
- Hans Köchler, The Crisis of Representative Democracy. Frankfurt a.M./Berne/New York: Peter Lang, 1987 ISBN 3-8204-8843-X
External links
Representative democracy is a form of government founded on the principles of
popular sovereignty by the people's representatives. The representatives form an independent ruling body (for an election period) charged with the responsibility of acting in the people's interest, but
not as their proxy representatives—i.e., not necessarily always according to their wishes, but with enough
authority to exercise swift and resolute initiative in the face of changing circumstances. It is often contrasted with
direct democracy, where representatives are absent or are limited in power as proxy representatives.
The representatives are chosen by the majority of the voters (as opposed to the majority of the population/eligible voters) in
elections. This is known as 'Plurality'. While existing representative democracies hold such elections to choose representatives, in theory other methods, such as sortition (more closely aligned with direct democracy), could be used instead. Also, representatives sometimes hold the power to select other representatives, presidents, or other officers of government (indirect representation).
A representative democracy that also protects
liberties is called a
liberal democracy. One that does not is an
illiberal democracy. There is no necessity that individual liberties are respected in a representative democracy. For example, the
Communist states were
technically representative democracies who regularly held elections.
Today, in liberal democracies, representatives are usually elected in free, secret-ballot, Multi-party system elections. The power of representatives in a liberal democracy is usually curtailed by a
constitution (as in a
constitutional republic or a constitutional monarchy) or other measures to balance representative power:
- An independent judiciary, which may have the power to declare legislative acts unconstitutional (e.g. Supreme Court)
- It may also provide for some deliberative democracy (e.g., Royal Commissions) or direct democracy measures (e.g., initiative, referendum, recall elections). However, these are not always binding and usually require some legislative action - legal power usually remains firmly with representatives.
- In some cases, a bicameral legislature may have an "upper house" that is not directly elected, such as the Canadian Senate, which was in turn modelled on the British House of Lords.
The term
republic may have many different meanings. Today, it often simply means a state with an elected head of state, such as the Islamic Republic of Iran or the former German Democratic Republic. It may also have a meaning similar to liberal democracy. For example, "the United States relies on representative democracy, but system of government is much more complex than that. is not a simple representative democracy, but a
constitutional republic in which majority rule is tempered by minority rights protected by law.(Scheb, John M. An Introduction to the American Legal System. Thomson Delmar Learning 2001. p. 6)
Literature
- Hans Köchler, The Crisis of Representative Democracy. Frankfurt a.M./Berne/New York: Peter Lang, 1987 ISBN 3-8204-8843-X
External links
Trust: Representative Democracy in America
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Representative democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Representative Democracy
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