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Urbinati, Nadia, 1955-

Representative democracy principles and genealogy / [electronic resource] : Nadia Urbinati. - University of Chicago Press, c2006. - 1 online resource (328 p.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-315) and index.

It is usually held that representative government is not strictly democratic, since it does not allow the people themselves to directly make decisions. But here, taking as her guide Thomas Paine?s subversive view that ?Athens, by representation, would have surpassed her own democracy,? Nadia Urbinati challenges this accepted wisdom, arguing that political representation deserves to be regarded as a fully legitimate mode of democratic decision making?and not just a pragmatic second choice when direct democracy is not possible. As Urbinati shows, the idea that representation is incompatible with.

ISBN: 9780226842806 (electronic bk.) 0226842800 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Representative government and representation.
Democracy.
Gouvernement représentatif.
Démocratie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Ideologies--Democracy.
Democratie.
Representatie (politicologie)

Subjects--Index Terms: დემოკრატია მთავრობა

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JF1057 / .U73 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 321.8

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 321.7+328.1