The thesis of this original and provocative book is that representative government should be understood as a combination of democratic and undemocratic, aristoc

The thesis of this original and provocative book is that representative government should be understood as a combination of democratic and undemocratic, aristoc

The balance between aristocratic and democratic components within this novel state form was not, as has been widely supposed, a consequence of a deliberate myst

It is usually held that representative government is not strictly democratic, since it does not allow the people themselves to directly make decisions. But here

Benjamin Constant (1767-1830) was born in Switzerland and became one of France's leading writers, as well as a journalist, philosopher, and politician. His colo