Types of Representative Democracies

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Representative Democracy

A representative democracy is an indirect democracy where sovereignty is held by the people's representatives.

Types of Representative Democracies:

A Liberal Democracy
A liberal democracy is a representative democracy with protection for individual liberty and property by rule of law.
An Illiberal Democracy
An illiberal democracy has weak or no limits on the power of the elected representatives to rule as they please.
Electoral Democracy
Electoral democracy – type of representative democracy based on election, on electoral vote, as modern occidental or liberal democracies.