Dovi, Suzanne
The Good Representative
In The Good Representative, Suzanne Dovi argues that democratic citizens should assess their representatives by their display of three virtues: they must be fair-minded, build critical trust, and be good gatekeepers.
- This important book provides standards for evaluating the democratic credentials of representatives.
- Identifies the problems with and obstacles to good democratic representation.
- Argues that democratic representation, even good democratic representation, is not always desirable.
- Timely and original, this book rejects the tendency to equate respect for the preferences of citizens with neutrality on the standards used in choosing their representatives.
Keywords: Democratic, representative, political, election, philosophy, representation, democracy, Political Philosophy & Theory, Democratic Systems, Political Philosophy & Theory, Democratic Systems
- Author(s)
- Dovi, Suzanne
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2007
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- New Directions in Ethics
- Page amount
- 272 pages
- Category
- Society
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781118394212
- Printed ISBN
- 9781118360613