31.   The people themselves, and not the states, became the building blocks of representative democracy, Stevens said.

32.   What is the risk, then, to representative democracy when the well-modulated voice of the American people is silenced by the vengeful cries of our elected representatives?

33.   But the Chinese have threatened to dismantle political reforms Patten introduced to broaden representative democracy.

34.   Countries that opposed the charter felt it was too much like the U.S. idea of representative democracy, or some said it was too vague.

35.   In a representative democracy, it is the duty of the opposition to perform this function in the legislature.

36.   In addition to unconstitutionally containing more than one subject, the judge said, its automatic tax referendum provision turns representative democracy on its head.

37.   In a representative democracy it is the duty of the opposition to perform this function in the legislature, but that is not enough.

38.   Mr Jiang said the NPC system combined representative democracy and direct democracy.

39.   The creation of the court marks a major shift from white minority rule to a more representative democracy.

40.   Islamists have also been blamed for denying Kuwaiti women access to representative democracy.