representative democracy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrepresentativeanddemocracy
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representative
adjective
uk/ˌrep.rɪˈzen.tə.tɪv/us/ˌrep.rɪˈzen.t̬ə.t̬ɪv/
typical of, or the same as, others in a larger group of people ...
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democracy
noun
uk/dɪˈmɒk.rə.si/us/dɪˈmɑː.krə.si/
the belief in freedom and equality between people, or a system of government based on this belief, in which power is either held by elected representatives or directly by the ...
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Substantial shades are evident about the ways in which participation by outlets of organized civil society co-exist withrepresentativedemocracy.
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Elections are not democracy, of course, but without free and fair elections you cannot have a democratically legitimized government and, hence,representativedemocracy.
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At the same time, the fragmentation of the classical liberal international system has also undermined political accountability throughrepresentativedemocracyin the national state.
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First, a minimum component of arepresentativedemocracyis the existence of an open and competitive electoral playing field.
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It is difficult to see any other mechanism whereby elections can translate popular preferences into policy underrepresentativedemocracy.
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And we believe thatrepresentativedemocracyon the model sketched here is indeed feasible.
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To what extent do their business interests over-ride the national institutions ofrepresentativedemocracy through which older people's perspectives might be voiced?
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Empirical and theoretical models ofrepresentativedemocracytypically have two distinct components.
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It is an important issue forrepresentativedemocracywhether women have an influence on the bureaucracies that affect them.
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Of course, even underrepresentativedemocracy, the policy packages on offer may be included in the list of such expressive characteristics.
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But it would be wrong to think that suchrepresentativedemocracydemands little in the way of further institutional support.
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These are critical questions, not only for our understanding of public opinion but for our understanding and evaluation ofrepresentativedemocracy.
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Theoretically, this notion of democratic governance is predicated on the two fundamental principles ofrepresentativedemocracy: popular sovereignty and the rule of law.
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The short answer for many progressives was that industry should become a kind ofrepresentativedemocracy with a constitution and civil liberties for all participants.
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Moreover, society has evolved numerous methods for weighing the competing interests of different groups; this is, after all, the basis ofrepresentativedemocracy.
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Clearly, the international convention manifests in its origins a process that has some connection withrepresentativedemocracy, albeit of an indirect and highly diverse kind.
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Electoral rules are critical to the success ofrepresentativedemocracy.
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Underrepresentativedemocracy, it is candidates who adopt policies and who are responsible for the policies they adopt.
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Trustees may be ' representative ' of plan participants but are not directly accountable in the sense we associate withrepresentativedemocracy.
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Thus, if a politician is not perfectly informed, though better informed than the public, thenrepresentativedemocracybecomes a less attractive option.
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