The Idea of Political Representation and Its Paradoxes

If 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, whe...

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Main Author: Waśkiewicz, Andrzej (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2020
Series:Studies in Philosophy, Culture and Contemporary Society
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