Representative Government Should Be Democratic Analysis

The fundamental aim of this essay will be that of discussing the question of, ‘is representative government democratic?’ This essay will take the following structure in order to provide an attempt at exploring why a representative government can be considered democratic. Firstly, the concept of democracy will be defined and discussed. Secondly, it will discuss representation in terms of its emergence as well as its necessity. Thirdly, a discussion will be given regarding that of representative democracy. Fourth, a brief explanation will be given regarding the arguments as to why a representative government should not be considered democratic, this shall be supported by theorists such as Jean Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes. Finally, the fundamental aim of this essay will be to provide a counter argument in order to attempt to show that representative government can be considered that of democratic. This shall be supported by theorists advocating representative democracy, such as David Plotke, Jeremy Bentham and Nadia Urbinati. Furthermore, general arguments shall be explored with regard to the
On the one hand, in the Churches, they wanted a way to represent the community and thus, used this as a way to connect and amalgamate the believers. While, on the other hand, in the cities it had been used in relation to Kings or Emperors, where it delegated some members with powers to bind those who had appointed them (Manin, 2007). Furthermore, the Romans employed representation in order to link large territories by giving voice to the many nations which encompass the Empire. Thus, we are able to consider the necessity of representation as that of to pass laws and fundamentally, for individuals voted into power, to represent citizens because under mass democracy it is not possible for citizens to efficiently, if at all, represent themselves or their interests