Author: Gordon GriffithsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Representative Government in Western Europe in the Sixteenth Century
Author: Gordon GriffithsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Representative Government in Western Europe in the Sixteenth Century
Author: Gordon GriffithsPublisher: Oxford : Clarendon P
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : es
Pages : 652
Book Description
Representative government in Western Europe in the 16th century
Author: Gordon GriffithsRepresentative Government in Western Europe in the 16. Century
Author: George GriffithsRepresentative Government in Wester Europe in the Sixteenth Century: Commentary and Documents for the Study of Comparative Constitutional History
Author: Gordon GriffithsThe Principles of Representative Government
Author: Bernard ManinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521458917
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The thesis of this original and provocative book is that representative government should be understood as a combination of democratic and undemocratic, aristocratic elements. Professor Manin challenges the conventional view that representative democracy is no more than an indirect form of government by the people, in which citizens elect representatives only because they cannot assemble and govern in person. The argument is developed by examining the historical moments when the present institutional arrangements were chosen from among the then available alternatives. Professor Manin reminds us that while today representative institutions and democracy appear as virtually indistinguishable, when representative government was first established in Europe and America, it was designed in opposition to democracy proper. Drawing on the procedures used in earlier republican systems, from classical Athens to Renaissance Florence, in order to highlight the alternatives that were forsaken, Manin brings to the fore the generally overlooked results of representative mechanisms. These include the elitist aspect of elections and the non-binding character of campaign promises.
Représentative govermnent in western Europe in the 16th century
Author: G.. GriffithsDemocracy in Modern Europe
Author: Jussi KurunmäkiPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 178533848X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
As one of the most influential ideas in modern European history, democracy has fundamentally reshaped not only the landscape of governance, but also social and political thought throughout the world. Democracy in Modern Europe surveys the conceptual history of democracy in modern Europe, from the Industrial Revolutions of the nineteenth century through both world wars and the rise of welfare states to the present era of the European Union. Exploring individual countries as well as regional dynamics, this volume comprises a tightly organized, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date exploration of a foundational issue in European political and intellectual history.
Re-imagining Democracy in the Age of Revolutions
Author: Joanna InnesPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 019164661X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Re-imagining Democracy in the Age of Revolutions charts a transformation in the way people thought about democracy in the North Atlantic region in the years between the American Revolution and the revolutions of 1848. In the mid-eighteenth century, 'democracy' was a word known only to the literate. It was associated primarily with the ancient world and had negative connotations: democracies were conceived to be unstable, warlike, and prone to mutate into despotisms. By the mid-nineteenth century, however, the word had passed into general use, although it was still not necessarily an approving term. In fact, there was much debate about whether democracy could achieve robust institutional form in advanced societies. In this volume, a cast of internationally-renowned contributors shows how common trends developed throughout the United States, France, Britain, and Ireland, particularly focussing on the era of the American, French, and subsequent European revolutions. Re-imagining Democracy in the Age of Revolutions argues that 'modern democracy' was not invented in one place and then diffused elsewhere, but instead was the subject of parallel re-imaginings, as ancient ideas and examples were selectively invoked and reworked for modern use. The contributions significantly enhance our understanding of the diversity and complexity of our democratic inheritance.
The Parliaments of Early Modern Europe
Author: M.A.R. GravesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317884337
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
A comparative survey of the emergence and development of Parliaments in Catholic Christendom from the thirteenth century, the chief focus of this work is the period between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries,when Europe was dramatically changed by the Renaissance, the Reformation and the growth of composite monarchies which brought together diverse territories under their rule. European Parliaments experienced a variety of challenges, fortunes and fates: some survived, even flourished, but others succumbed to powerful monarchies. By investigating the powers and privileges and responsibilities of these institutions, Graves illuminates the whole business of government - the nature of executive power, the relations of ruler and ruled, the restraints of consent, and the realities of the tension between central authority and local custom.