Respondents were asked whether certain forms of government were good or bad, including our current representative democracy (“a democratic system where representatives elected by citizens decide ...

Any movement that fails to confront the nexus between so called representative democracy and inequity is sure to fail. There have been two broad categories of political resistance during my ...

Democracy can be exhausting and frustrating, especially representative democracy, which takes the immediate responsibility of ruling out of the hands of ordinary citizens and puts it in the hands of ...

From the column: "Duluth's renters have been patient. They've gone through the 'proper channels.' They've waited for reform.

New polling shows that, given a slate of elements of democracy, Americans are least confident that elected leaders are reflecting their views.

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AI will impact the way our representative governments operate and have the potential to enhance or weaken the bond between citizens and their elected representatives in our democracy. Achieving ...

When the Founders created the United States of America, they wanted to form a representative democracy to protect the new nation from becoming an autocracy or theocracy. In the beginning ...

Democracy is a simple concept: People exercise their collective agency to rule themselves so they can ensure their own well-being. Democracy is the opposite of autocracy, serving as a disavowal of ...

This stance is a critical attitude towards representative democracy and the way it is implemented in Italy and in other democratic societies around the world. It is a stance in favour of what we ...

This stability, while perhaps offering relief when compared to our chaotic national politics, helps mask a deeply problematic institutional reality: Our state’s representative democracy isn’t ...