Active and Passive Citizens: A Defense of Majoritarian Democracy

by Richard Tuck

A powerful case for why majority rule--not representation--is the defining feature of democratic politics

The idea that democratic governance rests on active self-rule by citizens plays surprisingly little part in current theories of democracy, which instead stress the importance of representation by elected, appointed, or randomly selected bodies such as legislatures, courts, and juries. This would have astonished eighteenth-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691242798
• ISBN13: 9780691242798
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.6"