Distinguish between direct democracy and representative democracy?

Distinction between direct democracy and representative democracy are given below.

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Direct Democracy

1. All the people of a nation or community directly participate in decision making..All the people of the country or community sit together, raise issues, discuss them and take decisions.
2. The entire community form s the legislature.
3. The Greek city States had direct democracy. At our village level in Gram Sabha all the people above 18 years participate.

Representative democracy

1. In this type of democracy representatives of the people are chosen to govern the country.
2. Elected representatives of the people carry feelings, sentiments and problems of people and take decisions. The representatives of people form the legislature and majority party among them form Government.
3. India, Britain, U.S.A., etc. have representative democracy whose people exercise their control over government though their representatives.