Indirectly‚ sovereignty is exercised through the elected representatives or commonly called public officials. These officials are accountable to the people. Their acts are considered acts of the people as long as they are done within the prescribed limits of the delegated power/s given to them. How about DIRECT exercise of sovereignty? This can be shown through the electoral process or suffrage. Popular will in choosing who will be our representatives displays the exercise of the people’s sovereignty
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is just a decoration over a plutarchy‚ and finally conclude that liberal democracy is not absolutely better than direct democracy. It overcomes some problems occur in direct democracy‚ and vice versa. Liberal democracy‚ an ordinary form of representative democracy‚ is “basically a liberalized or liberally constituted democracy.” (Parek‚ 1992b‚ p.
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Virginian colonists had the right‚ granted to them by The Virginia Company‚ to elect a colonial legislature‚ called the House of Burgesses. Since Virginia was the first royal colony‚ it was only fitting that they should lead the way with the first representative government in the New World. Other lawmaking bodies‚ not that dissimilar to the House of Burgesses‚ would soon pop up in other colonies. The Pilgrims also pioneered the way to democracy. If the Pilgrims had settled in Virginia‚ where they
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the full swing of justice. Article One: Government Power Atrium’s government is a representative democracy‚ which includes five representatives from each division of the country. The people vote on who they desire to be elected for their division’s representative and for the Executive Head of the country. The Executive Head has more power than the division’s representatives‚ and the division’s representatives have more power than the people. The people must obey the government and the laws that
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special individuals. These were those people who were male‚ adults‚ not slaves and were mentally fit. Since then the most major changes which have occurred are that the practice of Direct Democracy has shifted to “Representative Democracy”. It means that people elect there representatives who then
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democracy should be more widely used in the UK however there are also disadvantages of direct democracy and critiquing of the advantages and disadvantages. Direct democracy should be used more widely in the UK because it avoids decisions made by representatives in their own interest. This is because the people are making the decisions. This will be beneficial because people’s voices will be heard and represented as a society. This makes it that decisions are made through societies interest. However this
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Introduction to Political Studies (POLS1007) Tutorial : 13:15 Mr. Hudson Dimpho Ramalose 717071 18 March 2013 THE CONTRIBUTION OF LIBERALISM TO LIBERAL DEMOCRACY “A political arrangement that promotes the liberty of the individual citizen from arbitrary government” ‚ ( Gamble‚ n.d.) . This is a political ideology that seems to put great emphasis on the protection of the individual through key principles such as individualism‚ freedom and equality (Heywood‚ 2007). Principles that are
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Democracy has become the most widespread political form of government during the past decade‚ after the fall of all its alternatives. During the second part of the 20th century‚ the 3 main enemies of democracy‚ namely communism‚ fascism and Nazism‚ lost most of their power and influence. However‚ democracy is still only to be found in less than half of this world’s countries. China with a fifth of the total population "had never experienced a democratic government" and Russia still doesn’t have a
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DEMOCRACY • Many types of government can fall under the category of a Democracy • A government that can be held accountable by the people qualifies as a democracy • At direct or true democracy would be very difficult to manage so often times representative democracies exist. • Republic • Constitutional Monarchy • Parliamentary Democracy FREEDOM • Does Democracy = Freedom???? • If freedom is being able to live your life the way you want to live it‚ then many things besides government restrictions
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social and political and economic problems of the country. Topic - 2 : Accountable responsive and Legitimate Govt. Accountable Govt. : Democracy is a accountable govt because it is the govt. of the people and made by people and for the people. The representatives elected by the people are responsible to them. If the people are not happy with the govt they can change the leaders in coming elections. Responsive Govt. : A citizen who wants to know if a decision was taken through the correct procedures can
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