| The Western ideal for representative democracy involves free, multiparty elections and maintenance of civil liberties. |
| But consumerism is a world language and, allied with representative democracy, it is the way of the world. |
| If representative democracy worked properly there would be little to complain about if parliament chose to deliver on social and economic rights. |
| But perhaps the most important issue you start to confront is that of our representative democracy becoming ingrained, insular, and angry. |
| There is still an opportunity for the Bush Administration to set Iraq onto a political path leading to representative democracy. |
| This is a serious development which could threaten free elections and representative democracy itself. |
