Do the People Truly Rule in a Representative Democracy?

Do the People Truly Rule in a Representative Democracy?
ISBN-10
3656174180
ISBN-13
9783656174189
Category
Political Science
Pages
11
Language
English
Published
2012-04-19
Publisher
GRIN Verlag
Author
Tim Pfefferle

Description

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, grade: 76, Queen Mary University of London (Department of Politics and International Relations), language: English, abstract: This essay will deal with the question whether the people can be considered to rule in a representative democracy. While our representatives are only accountable to a limited extent, a democracy is supposed to be based on the idea of the sovereignty of the people. Therefore, representative democracy has to be compared to its challenger, direct democracy, to conclude whether a representative democracy is an adequate political system.

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