Representative Democracy
Representative Democracy In participative democracy it brings the means of the citizens are also participating in the democratic action as well by selecting the representatives for them to help voice out their demands. This sentence explained the fact that participative democracy gives power to their citizens as well to help lead the country. For example is like what we have here in Malaysia, our citizens have the power to choose who their leaders will be. Every single state and region is set up with few leaders that would help the citizens and from that, the election will be held so that the citizens will choose who they want to lead them. Therefore, this is one of the actions for a representative democracy. There are other countries that use representative democracy such as USA, Philippines, Canada, Germany and many more.
The representatives are chosen will handle their selected places and listen to any problems or issues that are rising from that state or region. In that case, any issues that are brought up must be through the representatives first. If the issue can be solved by the representative itself, it can only be solved there and there’s not a need to bring the issue to a higher level of authority. Other than that, they will also try to handle the interest of that particular area. For example, a case on room capacity for a mosque in a certain area that is not enough for the population there. The citizens are complaining and voicing out so that they can have a new mosque, therefore it is the job for the representatives to solve the issues there.
Representative democracy is usually done in a country that serves too many citizens and could not use direct democracy or participatory democracy because the number is too large. When there are too much people voicing out freely, there will be problems occurring in what to hear and what not to hear. Therefore the process will be complicated and loaded with information and voices to hear.
Advantages
The representatives are chosen will handle their selected places and listen to any problems or issues that are rising from that state or region. In that case, any issues that are brought up must be through the representatives first. If the issue can be solved by the representative itself, it can only be solved there and there’s not a need to bring the issue to a higher level of authority. Other than that, they will also try to handle the interest of that particular area. For example, a case on room capacity for a mosque in a certain area that is not enough for the population there. The citizens are complaining and voicing out so that they can have a new mosque, therefore it is the job for the representatives to solve the issues there.
Representative democracy is usually done in a country that serves too many citizens and could not use direct democracy or participatory democracy because the number is too large. When there are too much people voicing out freely, there will be problems occurring in what to hear and what not to hear. Therefore the process will be complicated and loaded with information and voices to hear.
Advantages
References: 1. Riker, W, 1982, Liberalism versus Populism: A Confrontation Between the Theory of Democracy and the Theory of Social Chocice San Francisco: Freeman. 2. Roussopoulos, D. Benello, C,G. 2003, The Participatory Democracy: Prospects for Democratizing Democracy, Black Rose Books; Revised edition. 3. Urbinati, N. 2008, Representative Democracy: Principles and Genealogy, University Of Chicago Press.