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REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY. A form of government where the powers of the sovereignty are delegated to a body of men, elected from time to time, who exercise them for the benefit of the whole nation. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 31. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| With the restoration of electoral democracy in the late 1980s, McKay observes there were some political limits placed on the capacity of state-run EPZs to control workers and their unions. Pan's challenge to Western democratic theories, and his dismissal of electoral democracy as a system that has done more harm than good in other countries, are criticized by contributors to the book; but they generally acknowledge that his elitist views, shared by most intellectuals, political reformers both in and out of power, and ordinary citizens, are mainstream. When combined with the rejection of political history and electoral democracy, the new developments considerably narrowed Thomas Jefferson as a historical figure. |
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