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Workshop "As good as it gets?"
Promises and persils of representative democracy
Cordial invitation to all Institute members as well as M.A. / M.E.d students
(Venue - Alte Mensa - please register via schaller@politik.uni-mainz.de)
For better or worse, democracy today is representative democracy. For most issues, elected representatives rather than citizens themselves decide. But these representatives must explain their actions to the governed, let the media and opposition parties scrutinize their choices, and face the trial of elections, in which citizens can render their verdict on incumbent governments. Parties are an essential part of representation as they connect citizens and policymakers, aggregate preferences, and offer different programmatic platforms. Yet, representative democracy faces several challenges.
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