Question

How does a representative democracy differ from an oligarchy?

Answer 1

• The representative democracy represents the whole democracy and the power is in hands of the representatives chosen by the democracy.

• The oligarchy has the power vested in hands of small group of people who are not represented by the people but by the power either being money or being military.

• Representative democracy holds the power to discontinue the representative from representation.

• In oligarchy no such right is exercised and the power may remain forever.