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in·di·rec·t democ·ra·cy

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  1. indirect democracy

    Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy, is a type of democracy where elected people represent a group of people, in contrast to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of representative democracy: for example, the United Kingdom (a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy), Germany (a federal parliamentary republic), France (a unitary semi-presidential republic), and the United States (a federal presidential republic).Representative democracy can function as an element of both the parliamentary and the presidential systems of government. It typically manifests in a lower chamber such as the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, and the Lok Sabha of India, but may be curtailed by constitutional constraints such as an upper chamber and judicial review of legislation. Some political theorists (including Robert Dahl, Gregory Houston, and Ian Liebenberg) have described representative democracy as polyarchy. Representative democracy places power in the hands of representatives who are elected by the people. Political parties often become central to this form of democracy if electoral systems require or encourage voters to vote for political parties or for candidates associated with political parties (as opposed to voting for individual representatives).

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  1. Indirect Democracy

    A form of government in which people elect representatives to rule their interest.


    Submitted by JP03 on October 30, 2014  


  2. indirect democracy

    Indirect democracy refers to a system of government in which the people control the government through elected politicals officials . The elected representatives represent the people as opposed to the direct democracy.

    In the election of prime minister....


    Submitted by cuttipie on March 24, 2018  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of indirect democracy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of indirect democracy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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  • indirekte DemokratieGerman
  • démocratie indirecteFrench
  • अप्रत्यक्ष लोकतंत्रHindi
  • kozvetett demokráciaHungarian
  • ಪರೋಕ್ಷ ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವKannada
  • 간접 민주주의Korean
  • மறைமுக ஜனநாயகம்Tamil
  • పరోక్ష ప్రజాస్వామ్యంTelugu
  • ประชาธิปไตยทางอ้อมThai

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