Such a money-driven electoral system raises profound doubts about the legitimacy of our representative government.
Often they also miss the context of how linked Capitalism and representative government are in history.
But most appeared to oppose the one-vote decree and desire a more representative government.
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Any really representative government would be elected with at least an element of proportionality.
"Representative government doesn't necessarily mean coalition government with the opposition brought in, " points out an Afghanistan analyst.
But we are leaving behind a sovereign, stable, and self-reliant Iraq, with a representative government that was elected.
The most important thing is that there should be a representative government in Afghanistan that we can then support.
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You failed to grasp the most basic concepts of democracy and representative government.
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Unlike states that began as British colonies with some representative government, democracy bypassed Louisiana under French and Spanish rule.
The successful introduction of democracy in Iraq could also increase pressure on neighbouring countries to move towards more representative government.
This is a -- this is what young democracies go through to form a government, a representative government of the people.
Tunisia, for example, now seems the most likely candidate to make a successful transition from authoritarian rule to truly representative government.
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But for now, disaffected with violence and the impoverishment it has brought them, Kashmiris at least want better and more representative government.
And that is that a government financial collapse will end representative government.
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"Obsession" makes clear that, like the Fuhrer, the Islamists will not be content with denying the people of Iraq accountable, representative government.
Historically, Olson argues, the dispersal of political power and the emergence of representative government have often been the trigger for faster economic growth.
In a world of mainly unfettered monarchy, some 17m people had been won, in theory at least, for the principles of representative government.
From Mussolini to Putin, from Hamas to Hezbollah, terrorists, totalitarians and their ilk masquerading as political parties do not really believe in representative government.
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Iraqis would determine how long it takes to establish a representative government by deciding the steps necessary to create a democratic country, officials said.
Although it is now politically incorrect to say so, George W. Bush's democratic rhetoric energized the discussion of representative government and human rights abroad.
And, back in 1787, representative government was the only form logistically possible in the world before steam engines, telegraph and even a managed mail service.
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He seems not to have realized, however, that when the wealthy are stingy if they are they pay more in taxes, not less, to that representative government.
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Representative government ought to make such huge tasks easier, not harder.
And the European Union is stepping up aid to Afghanistan, and trying to bring about a stable and representative government there once peace is restored.
The U.S. and others will soon be undertaking major efforts to physically rebuild Iraq, as well as to establish the foundations for representative government and free enterprise.
Instead, he appears determined to stand pat, resisting calls from Boris Yeltsin and others for systemic reform, devolution of authority to the republics and localities and genuine representative government.
In the 1960s, Disney became obsessed by robotics, even producing a robotic version of Abraham Lincoln, which could explain the meaning of representative government in a high pitched, mechanical voice.
After all, shariah is a seditious ideology and totalitarian program explicitly designed to hollow out, and ultimately to destroy, representative government and the civil liberties that are enshrined in our Constitution.
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They would do so through means that afford none of the representative government, checks and balances or judicial review that have been the essential engine behind the hugely successful American experiment.
India hopes that peace-craving Kashmiris, most of whom want independence, will turn out in force for state elections this autumn, signalling their willingness to remain Indians while choosing a genuinely representative government.
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