The Principles of Representative Government (Themes in the Social Sciences)

出版者:Cambridge University Press

作者:Bernard Manin

页数:256

出版时间:1997-02-28

价格:USD 41.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780521458917

图书标签:民主议会研究民主政治政治理论政治学

The thesis of this original and provocative book is that representative government should be understood as a combination of democratic and undemocratic, aristocratic elements. Professor Manin challenges the conventional view that representative democracy is no more than an indirect form of government by the people, in which citizens elect representatives only because they cannot assemble and govern in person. The argument is developed by examining the historical moments when the present institutional arrangements were chosen from among the then available alternatives. Professor Manin reminds us that while today representative institutions and democracy appear as virtually indistinguishable, when representative government was first established in Europe and America, it was designed in opposition to democracy proper. Drawing on the procedures used in earlier republican systems, from classical Athens to Renaissance Florence, in order to highlight the alternatives that were forsaken, Manin brings to the fore the generally overlooked results of representative mechanisms. These include the elitist aspect of elections and the non-binding character of campaign promises.

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除了雅典的介绍其他比较无聊

作者洞察到并详细讨论了民主政治中一些我们司空见惯但实际上并不平凡的元素

除了雅典的介绍其他比较无聊

除了雅典的介绍其他比较无聊

作者洞察到并详细讨论了民主政治中一些我们司空见惯但实际上并不平凡的元素