LEADER 03642nam 2200721 450 001 9910547696003321 005 20200330110313.0 010 $a3-631-80602-7 010 $a3-631-80601-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000010236831 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6038648 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78419 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010236831 100 $a20200330d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe idea of political representation and its paradoxes /$fAndrzej Was?kiewicz ; translated from Polish by Agnieszka Was?kiewicz and Marilyn Burton 210 $aBern$cPeter Lang International Academic Publishing Group$d2020 210 1$aBerlin :$cPeter Lang,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (270 pages) 225 1 $aStudies in social sciences, philosophy and history of ideas ;$vVolume 25 311 $a3-631-80388-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction to the English-language edition -- Representation and the legitimisation of power -- Representation and sovereignty of power -- Representation and a limitation of power -- Representation and the common good -- Representation and social diversity -- A contribution to the normative theory of representation. 330 $aIf we want to understand the vicissitudes of modern democracy then, argues the author, we need to analyse the ideas upon which representative government is based rather than compare contemporary conditions with the Greek ideal. These principal ideas have been presented clearly in past centuries, when the relation between democracy and representation was still a matter of political judgement. The old masters of political thinking clarified the functions of representation: legitimising power, creating sovereignty but also setting its limits, and pursuing the common good while still reflecting social diversity. Because institutions of representation are expected to fulfil a variety of functions, these institutions have in recent times come under attack for standing in the way of radical programs for democratising democracy. The author of this book reminds us that these functions are necessary in every political order, whether democratic or not. Instead of rejecting representation, political theorists should focus on making government more accountable. 410 0$aStudies in social sciences, philosophy and history of ideas ;$vVolume 25. 606 $aRepresentative government and representation 606 $aDemocracy 610 $a2012 610 $aCommon good 610 $aIdea 610 $aidei 610 $aLegitimisation of power 610 $aLimitation of power 610 $aParadoksy 610 $aParadoxes 610 $aPolitical 610 $apolitycznej 610 $aRepresentation 610 $areprezentacji 610 $aScholar 610 $aSocial diversity 610 $aSovereignty of power 610 $aWarszawa 610 $aWaskiewicz 610 $aWydawnictwo 615 0$aRepresentative government and representation. 615 0$aDemocracy. 676 $a321.8 700 $aWaskiewicz$b Andrzej$f1963-$01208553 702 $aWas?kiewicz$b Agnieszka 702 $aBurton$b Marilyn E. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910547696003321 996 $aThe idea of political representation and its paradoxes$92788103 997 $aUNINA