"Democratic Republic" is more a descriptive expression used by Countries that come out from a form of dictatorship and are eager to emphasize they are now democracies. <span>There's also a lot of misunderstanding about the terms "republic" and "democratic" (for some reasons especially between people from the US, perhaps because of the name of American political parties); they imply a "republic" is where you elect somebody to represent you, while a "democracy" is where the majority just tower above a minority. Usually political statements follow :) </span> <span>"Democracy" just means power is held by "people" (the citizens), as opposed to governments where one or few people dictate their rules. </span> <span>Actually, the difference those people are talking about is between "Representative Democracy" and "Direct Democracy"; all modern democracies are based on Spartan system, not Athenian one, like most believe, since Athenian government was a "direct democracy". </span> <span>A Republic is just the most common kind of "Representative Democracy", but not the only one.</span>
This theory addresses the receptor reaction to an object, text, or anything that it's interactive. In other words, Reader-Response criticism understands that no audience is passive, and everything that is put in contact, it's understood based on the audience point of view.
