Direct Democracy- People can directly vote on policy and other big decisions.
Representative Democracy- There are full-time politicians who get voted into public offices to make the choices that represent the people.
Demagoguery- Personality and emotional-based politics, against the logical and thought out discussions. Doctor vs Candy shop owner example.
Tweedism- Tweeds (a small group of people) get to nominate the political candidates for the rest of society to vote upon.
How to make democracy work better for us, the ordinary citizens.
From the TED talk:
Citizen Funded Campaigns
Equal Representation
Equal Freedom to Vote