Direct democracy is a system in which the people or residents, who are the voters, make political decisions directly. It is a concept that is contrasted with indirect democracy, in which the people or residents only participate in political decisions indirectly by electing members of the representative body that makes political decisions, or representative democracy. There are two types of direct democracy: direct democracy and direct legislation. *Some explanations of terms that refer to "representative democracy" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…有権者である国民ないし住民がみずから直接に政治決定をおこなう制度であり,国民ないし住民は政治決定をおこなう代表機関の構成員を選挙することをとおして政治決定に間接的に参加するにすぎない間接民主制indirect democracy,ないし代表民主制representative democracyと対置される概念である。 直接民主制には,直接民主政治と直接立法制という2種類のものがある。… ※「representative democracy」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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