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“To what extent is the UK a strong liberal democracy?”
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"To what extent is the UK a strong liberal democracy?" A liberal democracy is a representative system with some of the same characteristics as a representative democracy as it has free elections and decisions are made based on popular command. But a representative democracy can therefore be seen as elitist as a small number of people govern the majority. Whereas a liberal democracy includes the ideas of having varied focuses of political and economic power, an open government which is fair and responsible and an independent judiciary system. Also in a liberal democracy the government has limited power as constraints are placed upon the power of ruling government. The difference between a representative democracy and a liberal democracy is that a liberal democracy concentrates upon diversity, choice and individual rights and freedom. The UK and other Western states are liberal democracies. The UK has a small governing body representing the...
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