Systemic corruption : constitutional ideas for an anti-oligarchic republic /

This book explores means of combatting the inherent corruption of representative democracy. The book reveals how the majority of modern liberal democracies have become increasingly oligarchic, suffering from a form of structural political decay first conceptualized by ancient philosophers. The book...

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Hlavní autor: Vergara, Camila (Vergara González) (Autor)
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press [2020]
On-line přístup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvzgb6x2
Obsah:
  • Introduction : Crisis of the representative republic
  • Corruption as political decay
  • Elitist interpretations of the republic
  • On material constitutional thought
  • Machiavelli on the plebeian power to create and punish
  • Condorcet on primary assemblies
  • Luxemburg on popular emancipation
  • Arendt on the republic of parties and councils
  • Contemporary plebeian thought
  • Constitutionalizing the power of those who do not rule
  • Epilogue : what is to be done?