What is a republican form of Government? What does it try to achieve?

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What is a republican form of Government? What does it try to achieve?

Answer 1

A republic may have different forms, but the gist is that in a republic the people do not actually participate beyond voting and serving on juries.  Instead, usually because of the large size of the population, the citizens vote for a representative who will speak for them and their geographic area in the legislature.  Additionally in presidential type systems, the people will also get to elect the executive, but this is not so in parliamentary republics where the executive is elected from the legislature.

This form of government (a republic) has historically been viewed as one of the best and most progressive.  In fact such arguments date well into Ancient Greece in part due to Plato and his work "The Republic." I do caution you against citing it as it deals with many other more complex and controversial themes.

This form has also been criticised heavily by proponents of other schools of thought.  A leading critic of republics as a form of government was the great French philosopher Jean Jacques Rosseau.  Although a prolific writer Rosseau's most widely known work in which he dicussed political theory is "The Social Contract."  I will paraphrase one of the best known quotes.  In talking about the vaunted English Parliamentary-Republic system Rosseau believed that the Englishman was only truly free for 10 minutes every few years when he stuffed his ballot into the box. He was of course promoting a purist form of democracy and thus opposed to the idea of people turning power over to a select, elected, few.

Answer 2

Free enterprise in the form of large tax cuts for the rich and big business. Also keeping things the same as though we were in the 1700's and our forefathers had all the answers.

Answer 3

A republic, NOT to be confused with the US Republican party, is a vague term.

In a Constitutional republic, you vote for people to vote for you.  Basically, the de-turbulent-ization of a *purely* democratic nation.

Answer 4

The United States is a Constitutional Republic

A constitutional republic is a state where the head of state and other officials are elected as representatives of the people, and must govern according to existing constitutional law that limits the government's power over citizens. In a constitutional republic, executive, legislative, and judicial powers are separated into distinct branches and the will of the majority of the population is tempered by protections for individual rights so that no individual or group has absolute power. The fact that a constitution exists that limits the government's power makes the state constitutional. That the head(s) of state and other officials are chosen by election, rather than inheriting their positions, and that their decisions are subject to judicial review makes a state republic.

Answer 5

republicans will let u do do what is good 4 u . dems whant 2 control u