Title Statements
- Full title :The good representative / by Suzanne Dovi.
Summary
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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- Publication Date:2007.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Blackwell
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2007.
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- Description:1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- oclc:ocn648130515
- LC Classification:JF1051
- Dewey Decimal:321.8
Table of Contents
Who is a good representative? -- Moving beyond descriptive representation -- Democratic advocacy and good democratic representation -- The virtue of fair-mindedness -- The virtue of critical trust building -- The virtue of good gatekeeping -- Preferable democratic representatives : real-world political virtues.
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