A never ending story: On the need of representative democracy to adapt to social change

Albeit democracy being "the worst form of government", according to Churchill, it has proven remarkably tenacious. Democracy's infancy can be traced back to ancient Greece, and provides for key driver of social change.
During industialization, representative democracy, as form of government, rose to become the pre-eminent tool to organize societies in the northern hemisphere.
This work looks at some key thinkers and intersections representative democracy was shaped by.
It then elaborates briefly on the current state of representative democracy and its future prospects.