Explain representative democracy why is representative democracy the most common poem of government in modern time?Explain in four reason
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The most common form of democracy in today 's world is represntative democracy. Representative democracy or indirect democracy is when people choose to vote for who will represent them in a parliament. ... Representative is the most common form with first pass the post system of election.
In essence, it is a system whereby citizens choose people at an election to represent them and perform the tasks of government, make decisions on their behalf, etc. in a Parliament, Congress or similar institution.
It’s probably popular because it provides an amelioration of power or rather, a dispersion of power across several centres - especially in a Federation of States like the Commonwealth of Australia, the United States of America or the Federal Republic of Germany. This supposedly (i.e. 99% of the time) ensures that major decisions are examined, experts consulted and a wide-range of viewpoints canvassed and the issue thoroughly examined before policy is set. This doesn't always work as it should but for the most part it’s very effective.
The best examples operate within an entrenched constitutional framework and have a Federal and State level of government that divides power (e.g. States look after local hospitals while Federally national health policy is set, similar for education, States look after local power distribution and supply, water, etc. and Federal looks after national defence and so on). These may either be a Parliamentary Republic with separation of powers, a Executive style Presidency where there is a Judiciary, a Legislative branch and the executive but where the ‘chief executive’ or President is the Head of Government AND the Head of State as opposed to Germany for example, where the Chancellor (Prime Minister equivalent) is Head of Government and the President is Head of State - similar to a Constitutional Monarchy where the PM is Head of Government and the Monarch is Head of State.
There are varying models but the best are where there is genuine separation of powers between the 3 branches and there are checks and balances between them.
Inevitably the best of these put restraints on each branch also and embody the principle of ‘popular sovereignty’ - in Monarchies sovereignty is ‘exercised’ by the Queen or King but there are variations - for example, several sections in the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia entrench the concept of popular sovereignty so in Australia, the Queen is Head of State but not the sovereign as in Australia the people are sovereign, just like in the United States where popular sovereignty is exercised by an elected president
In essence, it is a system whereby citizens choose people at an election to represent them and perform the tasks of government, make decisions on their behalf, etc. in a Parliament, Congress or similar institution.
It’s probably popular because it provides an amelioration of power or rather, a dispersion of power across several centres - especially in a Federation of States like the Commonwealth of Australia, the United States of America or the Federal Republic of Germany. This supposedly (i.e. 99% of the time) ensures that major decisions are examined, experts consulted and a wide-range of viewpoints canvassed and the issue thoroughly examined before policy is set. This doesn't always work as it should but for the most part it’s very effective.
The best examples operate within an entrenched constitutional framework and have a Federal and State level of government that divides power (e.g. States look after local hospitals while Federally national health policy is set, similar for education, States look after local power distribution and supply, water, etc. and Federal looks after national defence and so on). These may either be a Parliamentary Republic with separation of powers, a Executive style Presidency where there is a Judiciary, a Legislative branch and the executive but where the ‘chief executive’ or President is the Head of Government AND the Head of State as opposed to Germany for example, where the Chancellor (Prime Minister equivalent) is Head of Government and the President is Head of State - similar to a Constitutional Monarchy where the PM is Head of Government and the Monarch is Head of State.
There are varying models but the best are where there is genuine separation of powers between the 3 branches and there are checks and balances between them.
Inevitably the best of these put restraints on each branch also and embody the principle of ‘popular sovereignty’ - in Monarchies sovereignty is ‘exercised’ by the Queen or King but there are variations - for example, several sections in the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia entrench the concept of popular sovereignty so in Australia, the Queen is Head of State but not the sovereign as in Australia the people are sovereign, just like in the United States where popular sovereignty is exercised by an elected president
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