The Representative Democracy Ideas Evolution in the Context of Decision-Making by the Higher Collegiate Bodies of State Power

The work is devoted to the study of representative democracy ideas in the context of decision-making by higher collegiate bodies of state power of Ukraine. The author emphasized that the most optimal is the use of the term democracy in the understanding of the form of government and political regime in the context of the analysis of the decision-making procedure by the higher collegiate bodies of the state power of Ukraine.Attention is drawn to the diversity of point`s of view in the literature on the continuity of the development of the democratic tradition in Western culture, including the emergence of the elitist theories of democracy in XX century. The connection between the decisions of representative institutions of power and the will of the people is considered. Particular attention has been paid to the growing role of constitutional jurisdiction bodies in decision-making that mitigates the shortcomings of electoral-representative democracy.The author found out that participatory democracy in modern democracies in no way undermines the principles of representative government, but quite harmoniously complements it. It is indicated that the idea of involving in exceptional cases from the most important issues of the maximum possible number of citizens in the decision-making process, guaranteeing in other cases the opportunity to participate in decision-making to all willing citizens, the most justified.The author concluded that there is no viable alternative to representative democracy and participatory democracy, considering the amount of values they provide, their meaning and weight in domestic constitutional practice, has further developed.