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Systemic Corruption : Constitutional Ideas for an Anti-Oligarchic Republic /
A bold new approach to combatting the inherent corruption of representative democracy. This provocative 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. S...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2020
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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?