Representative democracy, also referred to as liberal democracy, refers to a democratic system where citizens elect politicians to make decisions for them ...

e.g. in the UK we have Members of Parliament who represent a constituency in the government which is a area of the country and voices its issues and opinions on ...

The first way that representative democracy could be improved in the UK is through digital elections. The introduction of digital voting would make the ...

Political parties allow for greater cohesion within the UK parliament which in turn increases its ability to democratically decide on Policy.

Representative democracies are typified in the parliamentary system of the house of commons in the UK, and the presidential electoral system in the US.

The functions of political parties can be broken down into three main categories: Representation, policy making, and education.As a representative democracy ...

There have been calls for referendums to be used even more widely in the UK as it is argued that they improve democracy and promote political participation, ...

Indirect democracy is also known as representative democracy. This is when people elect government officials to make decisions on their behalf. For example ...

The system geographically divides the United Kingdom into 650 constituencies, each of which gain representation by one candidate which receives the plurality of ...

In Britain, MPs are the representatives for constituencies and they are elected by the people every five years in general elections. This gives them legitimacy, ...