Machiavellian democracy / John P. McCormick.
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نصالناشر:New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011وصف:xi, 252 pages ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
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- 9780521823906 (hbk)
- 0521823900 (hbk)
- 9780521530903
- 0521530903
- JC143.M4 M34 2011
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-245) and index.
Introduction: liberty, inequality and popular government -- Peoples, patricians, and the prince -- Democratic republics and the oppressive appetite of young nobles -- The benefits and limits of popular participation and judgment -- Elections, lotteries and class-specific institutions -- Political trials and 'the free way of life' -- Republicanism and democracy -- Post-electoral republics and the people's tribunate revived.
Highlighting previously neglected democratic strains in Machiavelli's major writings, McCormick excavates institutions through which the common people of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance republics constrained the power of wealthy citizens and public magistrates, and he imagines how such institutions might be revived today.
Intensifying economic and political inequality poses a dangerous threat to the liberty of democratic citizens. Mounting evidence suggests that economic power, not popular will, determines public policy, and that elections consistently fail to keep public officials accountable to the people. John P. McCormick confronts this dire situation through a dramatic reinterpretation of Niccol Machiavelli,'s political thought. Highlighting previously neglected democratic strains in Machiavelli's major writings, McCormick excavates institutions through which the common people of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance republics constrained the power of wealthy citizens and public magistrates, and he imagines how such institutions might be revived today. Machiavellian Democracy fundamentally reassesses one of the central figures in the Western political canon and decisively intervenes into current debates over institutional design and democratic reform. Inspired by Machiavelli's thoughts on economic class, political accountability and popular empowerment, McCormick proposes a citizen body that excludes socioeconomic and political elites and grants randomly selected common people significant veto, legislative, and censure authority within government and over public officials.
