Question

What is representative democracy? Discuss its significance in the contemporary world.

Answer 1

The representative democracy is the most popular form of democracy practiced today.

As opposed to direct democracy where people rule directly, representative democracy requires elected representatives who represent a group of people and form the government to run the country.

In modern world representative democracy has become significant because large number of people don’t have time, interest or ability to sit together to make decisions.

In countries like India it is not possible for all people to rule the country directly, so the representative democracy works well where people can elect their representatives to run the country on their behalf.