Representative Governments

Date Submitted: 04/27/2003 00:59:14
Category: / Literature / Novels
Length: 8 pages (2286 words)
A representative democracy is a type of government where people elect someone to represent their views. These governments are usually democracies in large nations with great populations, so not every citizen is able to vote on every issue. Over time it has been debated whether or not these democracies represent the powerful few or the majority of the nations people. The people who believe that it is the powerful few that are only heard state …
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…battle of words. Bibliography 1. Levine, Herbert M. (1993). Political Issues Debated: An Introduction to Politics Englewood, NJ: A Simon and Schuster Company p. 58-65 2. Magstadt, T. and Schotten, P. (1999). Understanding Politics. New York, NY: Worth Publishing p. 233-264 3. Brownstein, R. (1990, November 21). Do Voter Numbers Matter?. Los Angeles Times p. A1 4. Dionne, E.J. (1988, November 21). If Nonvoters Had Voted: Same Winner, but Bigger. The New York Times p.16B 5. Sirapyan, N. (2000, October). Politically Connected. PC Magazine p. 50
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