The Principles of Representative Government

Cambridge University Press

1997

243 p.

Themes in the social sciences

9781461949107

1. Direct democracy and representation: selection of officials in Athens -- 2. The triumph of election. Lot and election in the republican tradition: the lessons of history. The political theory of election and lot in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The triumph of election: consenting to power rather than holding office -- 3. The principle of distinction. England. France. The United States -- 4. A democratic aristocracy. The aristocratic character of election: a pure theory. The two faces of election: the benefits of ambiguity. Election and the principles of modern natural right -- 5. The verdict of the people. Partial independence of representatives. Freedom of public opinion. The repeated character of elections. -- 5. Metamorphoses of representative government. Parliamentarianism. Party democracy. "Audience" democracy.

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