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Meanings of representative democracy in English
Russian
представительная демократия Portuguese
democracia indireta Catalan
democràcia representativa Democracy where citizens elect a small set of people to represent them in decision making.
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Antonyms
Examples for "direct democracy"
Examples for "direct democracy"
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They erase our memory of grassroots power, direct democracy and civil society.
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He talked direct democracy and people's revolution, but governed as an autocrat.
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Besides, he says, New England towns practiced direct democracy for centuries.
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In his view traditional ideologies have been supplanted by direct democracy.
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The zeal of Daniel Hannan and Douglas Carswell for direct democracy is genuine.
Usage of representative democracy in English
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I think it will overly focus power, and really undermine representative democracy.
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But if organised recklessly, they amount to a denial of representative democracy.
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We live in a representative democracy, why take it to a plebiscite?
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Revival of our representative democracy is too serious to be left to politicians.
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There are living citizens of Britain who were born before mass representative democracy.
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A representative democracy is being crowded out by a capitalist one.
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Well, it is not democracy merely; it is a representative democracy.
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Vote.com, as the name suggests, reduces representative democracy to just another marketing survey.
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Only a different conception that combines direct and representative democracy can gather popular support.
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And why is this impasse of representative democracy registering as a crisis of Britain?
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He was the proprietor; but in all practical respects, Pennsylvania was a representative democracy.
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In other countries, representative democracy has even wispier roots.
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Sticklers for representative democracy pictured a tawdry, unreflective campaign.
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The trading corporation was unconsciously become a representative democracy.
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Why is the suffrage important in a representative democracy?
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Fair play to them - representative democracy doesn't work without politicians prepared to have a go.
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Translations for representative democracy
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Catalan
Representative democracy through the time
Representative democracy across language varieties
Ireland
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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