The good representative

The good representative

by Dovi, Suzanne Lynn

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Is President George W. Bush a good or a bad representative? How about Russian President Vladimir Putin? Who is a better representative according to democratic standards: former Representative Tom DeLay or Senator Hillary Clinton? Contemporary political theorists do little, if anything, to help us answer such questions. Indeed, some treat citizens’ preferences for representatives as sacrosanct, something that political theory should remain silent about. We need to identify democratic standards f…

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  • Full title :The good representative / Suzanne Dovi.

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Is President George W. Bush a good or a bad representative? How about Russian President Vladimir Putin? Who is a better representative according to democratic standards: former Representative Tom DeLay or Senator Hillary Clinton? Contemporary political theorists do little, if anything, to help us answer such questions. Indeed, some treat citizens’ preferences for representatives as sacrosanct, something that political theory should remain silent about. We need to identify democratic standards for selecting representatives because the legitimacy of a polity’s democratic institutions depends on the representatives and citizens who make up that polity. What should democratic citizens look for in a representative? This book argues that democratic citizens need to evaluate representatives by their ability to settle political conflicts fairly and justly. And this requires attending to three virtues of democratic representation: good representatives are fair-minded; good representatives develop critical trust; and good representatives are good gatekeepers.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2007.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Blackwell Pub
  • Place of Publication:Malden, MA
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2007.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xiv, 258 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1405155787, 9781405155786, 9781405172448, 1405172444
  • oclc:ocm70630354
  • LC Classification:JF1051
  • Dewey Decimal:321.8

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Gouvernement représentatif Politische Ethik Repräsentation Repräsentative Demokratie Representative government and represent…

Writers

Dovi, Suzanne Lynn

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