a representative democracy is where there is a leader to look after the country. some countries that are with representative democracy's are The phillippienes, Australia, ISA, UK, Canada and Germany.
Many countries that have democratically elected governments practice representative democracy. Countries like the US, the UK and most of the western countries practice representative democracy.
Presidential and Parliamentary. Presidential which is direct democracy and Parliamentary (like UK) which is indirect democracy.
The UK has a representative democracy, the Prime Minister is voted into power by the British public. It is also a constitutional monarchy, with a limited monarch as a figurehead.
Another name for indirect democracy is representative/republican democracy. Indirect democracy uses representatives such as delegates, congressmen, and parliamentary ministers to convey and execute the will of the people.
The Philippines, USA, Canada, Australia, UK, Germany, and Greece.
India USA Canada UK and many more Virtually all modern Democracies are really representative republican democracies. Modern society is too complex and large to allow for direct democracy on any size about a city-state (that is, a few 10s of thousands of people, and even that's pushing it - a few thousand is generally the maximum effective direct democracy size).
Who is in charge of a country depends on which country we are speaking about; there are numerous countries that are representative democracies. The head of the US is the President, while the head of the UK is split between the Queen and the Prime Minister.
Because elections are a fundamental part of being a democracy and the UK is a democracy.
UK Citizens Online Democracy was created in 1996.
The UK is a parliamentary democracy, with the House of Commons having de facto sovereignty.
parliamentary democracy can vote for one representative who will pick an official called a prime minster. Representative democracy gets to pick their own representative and don't have to have an official. That's the difference between parliamentary and representative democracy.