How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Route 1 elected delegation replaces direct rule → practical form for large modern states
Route 2 second-best to direct democracy, yet most workable → rests on consent and trust
Locke: consent/trust → Mill: ideal modern form → defining feature = delegated decision-making by elected reps → checked by free elections + accountability → rule of law + rights (speech, assembly, religion) → Montesquieu: separation of powers/checks → Tocqueville: associations + pluralism keep participation alive → two models: trusteeship + Burke’s enlightened representation
same delegation → elite capture, weak accountability between elections, underrepresentation
Route 1 features make delegated rule both workable and accountable
Route 2 limits met through transparency, inclusivity, stronger accountability
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
Also asked on this head
Democracy — 11 questions in the Vault.
- The foundational base of western democracy has been
- Explain briefly the elite theory of democracy.
- Deliberative democracy seeks to promote democratic decision making about public issues among the citizens. Discuss
How this is taught
The same flow snapshot, built for every head of the syllabus, with the answer written in class.
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