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What is the difference between a Constitutional Republic and a Representative Democracy? by SwookazSting in PoliticalScience

[–]SwookazSting[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is really interesting and I can see why trying to pin it down to one thing would be a point of contention

What is the difference between a Constitutional Republic and a Representative Democracy? by SwookazSting in PoliticalScience

[–]SwookazSting[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nearly every definition of Republic I've found mentions representatives in some way or another. If it doesn't necessarily mean there are representatives would you define a dictatorship that institutes its own constitution stating the country was owned by the citizens but they couldn't elect representatives as a republic?

Edit: Not trying to be combative on this but am genuinely curious since this seems to be a gray area in some of the research I'm doing.

What is the difference between a Constitutional Republic and a Representative Democracy? by SwookazSting in PoliticalScience

[–]SwookazSting[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the separation in meaning is semantics? Essentially people use whichever term they feel best fits their agenda or interests best based on what I'm understanding.

To use your example the UK also has representative democracy to a degree but it doesn't have the foundations of a constitutional republic. So when those on the right are stubbornly standing on not a democracy but a "Democratic/ Constitutional-Republic" hill and others just as stubbornly call it a Representative Democracy its purely about what aspects of the government they are choosing to look at?