… We study axioms which define “representative democracy” in an environment in which … We
call this property representative consistency. Representative consistency formalizes the idea …

… of democracy and representative democracy, these criticisms are not obsolete. To some,‘democratic …
from the perspective of their consistency with democratic values and principles. …

… The limitations and trade-offs of Direct Democracy and Representative Democracy have given
rise to the study of various democratic … For consistency, we assume the sets of voters and …

Nadia Urbinati, s book Democracy Disfigured has two main goals. The first is to defend a ‘diarchic,
conception of democracy, based on the interplay between popular will and opinion. …

… core of what we consider to be "representative democracy." The representational activities of
… However, representatives may not be consistently responsive to the wishes or the interests …

… in societies with representative democratic governments are … of the arrangements of
representative democracy sponsors … Sparta is the horror: direct democracy at its most consistent, …

… Eventually, however, effective interparty democracy should in itself constrain misperception.
Parties whose leaders consistently are out of touch with reality (ie, who hold inaccurate …

… is consistent with a democratic relation between state and society. As for the latter, I argue
that representation challenges the idea of sovereignty as unrepresentable will by bringing …

… of mechanisms we define as Flexible Representative Democracy maintain a set of expert
representatives while allowing voters to … For consistency, we assume the sets of voters and …

Abstract The article examines the political doctrine of representative democracy. While it is …
sees democracy as an unquestionable good, the author urges that representative democracy …