Question

compare and contrast citizens' partcipation in a direct democracy to citizens' participation in a representative democrazy

Answer 1

Answer:

Both are variations of a system that allows people to have a say in decisions that affect them.

:-Direct democracy simply means that “the people” vote on all issues that affect them, while, in representative democracy, people vote for representatives, who then vote on the issues in place of the ordinary citizens themselves.

:-In the representative form, the representatives become knowledgeable about the issues they vote on and, depending on the size of the business or government, may even have experts assisting them with the background needed for decision-making, because the representatives can’t become masters of all the areas in which they have influence.

For getting things done at a state or national level, a representative democracy usually works more smoothly than direct democracy. This is because the representatives usually know more about the issues being decided and are therefore less likely to vote for something that is blatantly impractical or illegal than people might do in direct democracy, which opens up voting to all eligible voters, regardless of what they know or don’t know about the issue.

Explanation:

In a representative democracy people vote for representatives who then enact policy initiatives. In direct democracy, people decide on policies without any intermediary.