LEADER 04206nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910782427803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-96672-X 010 $a9786611966720 010 $a0-226-84280-0 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226842806 035 $a(CKB)1000000000579587 035 $a(EBL)408439 035 $a(OCoLC)476229074 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000236191 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11198322 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000236191 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10165156 035 $a(PQKB)10006732 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122929 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408439 035 $a(DE-B1597)524830 035 $a(OCoLC)1055415567 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226842806 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408439 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10265984 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL196672 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000579587 100 $a20060124d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRepresentative democracy$b[electronic resource] $eprinciples and genealogy /$fNadia Urbinati 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (341 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-84278-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 293-315) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Representation and Democracy -- $t2. Rousseau's Unrepresentable Sovereign -- $t3. Will and Judgment: The Kantian Revision -- $t4. A Nation of Electors: Sieye's Model of Representative Government -- $t5. Thomas Paine and the Perfecting of Simple Democracy -- $t6. A Republic of Citizens: Condorcet's Indirect Democracy -- $tConclusion: A Surplus of Politics -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIt is usually held that representative government is not strictly democratic, since it does not allow the people themselves to directly make decisions. But here, taking as her guide Thomas Paine's subversive view that "Athens, by representation, would have surpassed her own democracy," Nadia Urbinati challenges this accepted wisdom, arguing that political representation deserves to be regarded as a fully legitimate mode of democratic decision making-and not just a pragmatic second choice when direct democracy is not possible. As Urbinati shows, the idea that representation is incompatible with democracy stems from our modern concept of sovereignty, which identifies politics with a decision maker's direct physical presence and the immediate act of the will. She goes on to contend that a democratic theory of representation can and should go beyond these identifications. Political representation, she demonstrates, is ultimately grounded in a continuum of influence and power created by political judgment, as well as the way presence through ideas and speech links society with representative institutions. Deftly integrating the ideas of such thinkers as Rousseau, Kant, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Paine, and the Marquis de Condorcet with her own, Urbinati constructs a thought-provoking alternative vision of democracy. 606 $aRepresentative government and representation 606 $aDemocracy 610 $arepresentative government, democracy, politics, political science, athens, sovereignty, representation, accountability, decision making, influence, power, electorate, voting, marquis de condorcet, paine, emmanuel joseph sieyes, kant, rousseau, discord, ballot, free speech, circulation of ideas, public, community, partisanship, fairness, justice, equality, advocacy, delegates, freedom, judgement, revolution, consent, federalism, sensus communis, despotism, constitutionalism, collegiality, moderation, trust, surveillance, nonfiction. 615 0$aRepresentative government and representation. 615 0$aDemocracy. 676 $a321.8 700 $aUrbinati$b Nadia$f1955-$0140621 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782427803321 996 $aRepresentative democracy$93850134 997 $aUNINA