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The Democratic Enigma
Place of publication | Year of publication | Collation: 
Québec | 2014 | p. 351-368
ISBN/ISSN: 
ISSN 1492-1391 (numérique)
Author: 
Philip Pettit
Corporate author: 
Philosophiques
Region: 
Europe and North America

Democracy means popular control, by almost all accounts. And by almost all accounts democracy entails legitimacy. But popular control, at least as that is understood in many discussions, does not entail legitimacy. So something has got to give. Democratic theories divide on what this is, so that the question prompts a taxonomy of approaches. The most appealing answer, so the paper suggests, involves a reinterpretation of the notion of popular control.

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Resource Type: 
Research papers / journal articles
Theme: 
Civic / Citizenship / Democracy
Globalisation and social justice / International understanding
Level of education: 
Higher education