what do you understand by representative democracy? why is it more practised from in todays world.
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REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IS THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT WHERE THE REPRESENTATIVE [ELECTED] ON THE BEHALF OF PEOPLE FORMS THE GOVERNMENT
IT IS FAVORABLE IN MODERN DEMOCRACY BECAUSE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CAN DIRECTLY PARTICIPATE IN THE DECISION MAKING DUE TO HUGE POPULATION
AND IF IT WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE ..BUT THERE WOULD BE NO CONCLUSION AS LARGE NMBER OF PEOPLE WOULD HAVE VARIABLE OPINIONS
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What is Representative Democracy ?
In ‘Representative Democracy' people vote to choose their representatives (Aka Elected representatives) to represent them and take decisions on their behalf. It is also called ‘Indirect democracy’.
On the other hand, in a ‘Direct democracy’ people collectively discuss and vote to take decisions for themselves.
Let me give you an example.
In a village of 200 people, all the people meet every Sunday. They discuss and decide whether the village needs a new road, new school etc.
In a village of 2000 people it is impossible for them to meet and discuss every issue. So every 200 of them elect a person, in total 10 of them are elected. These 10 people meet every Sunday, they discuss and decide whether the village needs a new road, new school etc.
Why is Representative Democracy most practiced form in today’s world ?
Because today the world is politically divided into a number of countries (there are 195 countries in world today). Each of these countries has a population of thousands of people. It is not viable to practice Direct democracy in these countries. Hence, they chose Representative Democracy. They vote and elect their representatives.
Note : Switzerland is a big country yet it follows Direct democracy. This is how a local assembly meeting in Switzerland looks like…
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