Systemic corruption constitutional ideas for an anti-oligarchic republic

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vergara, Camila (Political scientist)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Democracy.
Representative government and representation.
Political corruption > Prevention.
Oligarchy.
Elite (Social sciences)
PHILOSOPHY / Political
Democracy
Oligarchy
Political corruption > Prevention
Representative government and representation
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Table of Contents:
  • 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?

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