| A narrower version of the instrumental view of free expression focuses on its utility in the functioning of a representative democracy. |
| If representative democracy worked properly there would be little to complain about if parliament chose to deliver on social and economic rights. |
| This is a serious development which could threaten free elections and representative democracy itself. |
| But consumerism is a world language and, allied with representative democracy, it is the way of the world. |
| The British system of representative democracy has always abhorred referendums on moral issues. |
| The Western ideal for representative democracy involves free, multiparty elections and maintenance of civil liberties. |
