JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Representative Democracy
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Direct Democracy
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The voters who live in an area elect one representative. For Lok Sabha elections, India is divided into 543 constituencies. The representative elected from each constituency is called a Member of Parliament or an MP. Each state is divided into a specific number of Assembly constituencies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Switzerland is a rare example of a country with instruments of direct democracy (at the levels of the municipalities, cantons, and federal state). Citizens have more power than in a representative democracy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Representative democracy means people participate indirectly in the decision-making process. They choose their representatives through an election process. These representatives meet and make decisions for the entire population.
Detailed explanation-4: -Representative democracy is a kind of democracy in which people elect their leaders. It is also known as indirect democracy or representative government. Representative democracy is important since it helps the people to know their representatives before electing them.