Open AccessJustifications of Representative Democracy
Author(s) -
Ionathan Junges,
Elizabeth Fontoura Dorneles,
Luís Guilherme Nascimento de Araújo,
Ananda Rodrigues dos Santos,
Etyane Goulart Soares,
Tiago Anderson Brutti
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2411-2933
DOI - 10.31686/ijier.vol8.iss11.2773
Subject(s) - dictatorship , democracy , politics , sociology , nazism , representation (politics) , social science , political economy , political science , law
The totalitarian regimes of the 20th century - Nazism, fascism and Stalinism - in the same way as the dictatorships of South America and Africa, gave the human community a profound reflection on the future. This literature review problematizes the justifications and limits of representative democracy. It discusses the mechanisms of improvement of the democratic process for greater popular participation in the decisive spheres of political life. The lack of popular participation and a possible disbelief with political representation deserve to be addressed in order to continuously actualize democracy as a political regime.