The bifurcation of democracy into representative democracy versus vanguard democracy severely limited the debate on democracy in the twentieth century.

"Democracy" has long included representative democracy as well as direct democracy; and "Republic" was used by the Framers to refer to regimes that were not representative.

Home Politics Opinion Digital direct democracy is crushing representative democracy Today, everyone has a voice in everything. That's not a good thing.

The announcement sets up perhaps the most explosive special session in recent history over limits to both representative and direct democracy.

Expanding direct democracy won’t make Americans feel better about politics In the U.S., two scholars say direct democracy deepens distrust of politics and government.

While direct democracy may not have the narrative ballast currently needed to inspire passionate action in the street, it is not wholly without public support.

Our textbooks, our media, and our political speeches take it for granted: we live in a representative democracy where the will of the people is paramount — our votes count. But that isn't ...

JOHN HASKELL: Well, and I actually feel that representative democracy is more democratic than direct democracy in the sense that you’ve got better protections for minority rights; you’ve got ...

But taking representative democracy for granted was a mistake. Slowly, it’s been dismantled and replaced with an expectation of direct democracy. Our society increasingly replaced the nuance of ...

In the wake of Brexit and Trump's presidency many have rushed into questioning the decision-making abilities of society. Is direct democracy guilty for the current faults of the system or on the ...