"The US doesn't have a perfect reprsentative form of government. That admission, however, doesn't corrode the fact that the system in the US arguably meets the basic tenets of a representative democracy." what are the basic tenets of a representative democracy? can you give examples with the usa.pre and post 1994 gambia. thank you _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------