The Principles of Representative Government

by Bernard Manin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521458919
• ISBN13: 9780521458917
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"