Features, limits and criticism of the representative democracy

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Features Vote In a representative system, voting is a mode of designation and not a transfer of responsibility. Elected officials derive their legitimacy from the delegation of sovereignty to their electors since the latter then no longer have any means … Read More

Indirect democracy or representative democracy

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(Political regimes around the world (2022) Republics  Full presidential republics  Republics with an executive presidency elected by or nominated by the legislature  Semi-presidential republics  Parliamentary republics  Republics where the constitution grants the right to govern only to a single party … Read More

Representative democracy IS NOT democracy

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(House of Commons of the United Kingdom) Representative democracy ( indirect democracy, representative republic, representative government or psephocracy), is a political system in which a restricted assembly is recognized as having the right to represent a people, a nation or … Read More