Sentences with phrase «in a representative democracy»

If the American experiment in representative democracy is not in conversation with biblical religion, it is not in conversation with what the overwhelming majority of Americans profess to believe is the source of morality.

This truly illustrates that the most powerful voices in our representative democracy aren't on the Second Floor of the Capitol or in the Assembly and Senate Chambers; they are in the homes of the people we represent.

«We live in a representative democracy, and the governor and the Legislature are going to make a decision on $ 160 billion - plus of public monies,» he said, referring to the state budget.

The institutional nature of what you do in Albany and what you do in a representative democracy like this, is that even though it's a messy system, it's a system that works and lets the people's voices be heard.

On the other hand, populism can describe a conception of the appropriate relation between governors and governed in a representative democracy.

@DrunkCynic: That's true in a representative democracy as well.

Some might say that big parties arriving at an agreement that is much to the distaste of smaller parties is exactly how politics typically works in a representative democracy.

The district compared the new councils with legislative bodies in representative democracies and defined two basic jobs for them: 1) developing «powerful partnerships» between the school and the community, and 2) setting policy in «key operational areas» for individual schools.

Our nation's leaders must find a way to compromise before any further damage is done to school improvement efforts, Congress» reputation, and the public's faith in representative democracy.

The purposes of the Commission on Civics Education include the education of students on the importance of citizen involvement in a representative democracy, the promotion of the study of state and local government among the commonwealth's citizenry, and the enhancement of communication and collaboration among organizations in the commonwealth that conduct civics education programs.

«This bottom up demand which normally we always want to have and rely on in a representative democracy, is in my view unlikely to work in the case of climate change policy as it has for other environmental problems....

We got where we are now, for good or ill, through the rigour of the Scientific Method in Representative Democracies with a Capitalist economy and as I said above the balance overall has been for the good.

However, the Electoral College exists as a sort of anachronism in our representative democracy.

Upon its vigorous defense rests the hope of novus ordo seclorum ¯ the hope that this experiment in representative democracy may be a new order for the ages.

«The most powerful voices in this representative democracy are not on the second and third floors of the state Capitol or in the suites of lobbying offices on State Street in Albany.

We live in a representative democracy.

Got the policy issues off, which we should do in this representative democracy.»

How do we EDUCATE people to be more than just passive «consumers,» but to be participating citizens in a Representative Democracy?

In a Representative Democracy a ballot is a list of names of people who might make good leaders, who will then decide what society ought to do.

In representative democracy, everyone has a chance to equally influence the outcome an election for a representative, but only those representatives have a chance to influence the outcome of decisions (with certain rare minor caveats like referendums).

In a representative democracy, they may be less so (by design).

In a representative democracy, those elected pass laws for the country.

For example, in a representative democracy, every vote has equal weight, no unreasonable restrictions can apply to anyone seeking to become a representative, and the freedom of its all citizens is secured by legitimized rights and liberties which are generally protected by a constitution.

For example, in a representative democracy, it is important for constituents to be able to audit the votes of their representatives, to make sure the representative is faithfully representing the constituents» interests.

You could also argue that's merely a «feature» in a representative democracy.

In a representative democracy, the role of the citizens is mostly limited to taking part in general elections and giving the vote to their preferred candidates.

The only sensible solution to all the imbalances and over population problems — in a representative democracy — must surely be for the electorate to decide who is most suitable to legislate on their behalf, irrespective of age!»

In a representative democracy, people vote for representatives who then enact policy initiatives.

Many academic political theorists agree with Mill, [11] that in a representative democracy the representatives should represent all segments of society.

We all know that in our representative democracy, it's important that legislative districts contain more or less the same number of people; we all want equal representation.

In a representative democracy the taxpayers get to vote for their governmental representatives... and those representatives can be voted out of office by the taxpayers.