FAD - Types of Representative Democracies Lesson

Types of Representative Democracies

Theories of Democratic Government

The United States has a Representative Democracy, which means that we elect people to Congress to make decisions for us. But does that mean Congress has the power over our country? Does the President? Where does power reside in the US?

Download and read this document that discusses the forms of Representative democracies in the United States. Links to an external site.

There is a debate between Federalist 10 and Brutus 1 regarding types of representative democracies and this debate reflects the tension between the broad participatory model and the more filtered participation of the pluralist and elite models.

 

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