representatives hold the power in a direct democracy.
who holds the power in a direct democracy?
representatives
for the system to respect the principle of political equality, either "everyone" needs to be involved or there needs to be a representative random sample of people chosen to take part in the discussion. in the definition used by scholars such as james fishkin, deliberative democracy is a form of direct democracy which satisfies the requirement for deliberation and equality but does not make provision to involve everyone who wants to be included in the discussion. participatory democracy, by fishkin's definition, allows inclusive participation and deliberation, but at a cost of sacrificing equality, because if widespread participation is allowed, sufficient resources rarely will be available to compensate people who sacrifice their time to participate in the deliberation. therefore, participants tend to be those with a strong interest in the issue to be decided and often will not therefore be representative of the overall population. fishkin instead argues that random sampling should be used to select a small, but still representative, number of people from the general public.
direct democracy
direct democracy (disambiguation)





























direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly





























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section::::political parties.





























bullet::::- alliance for direct democracy in europe, abbreviated to adde, a european political party





























bullet::::- direct democracy ireland, a minor political party in ireland





























bullet::::- direct democracy (poland), in polish demokracja bezpośrednia, a polish political party





























bullet::::- direct democracy league, american political movement by john randolph haynes





























bullet::::- direct democracy now!, also known as true democracy now!, a greek citizen grassroot organization made up of ordinary citizens
direct democracy (disambiguation)