Respondents in 24 countries were asked about different forms of governance, including representative democracy, direct democracy, autocracy, technocracy and military rule. Elements of representative ...

Representative democracy empowers the citizens of the big societies, as they elect the representatives to act on behalf of the people and maintain accountability as the citizens are elected through ...

Democracy is in crisis. Many people are losing confidence in political parties and parliaments and their ability to solve pressing social problems in the long term. Recent studies by the University of ...