Understanding the Congruence between Elites and Citizens in Representation
The relationship between elites and citizens in representative democracy is explored, tracing historical antecedents, the marriage between representation and democracy, modern representation models, and the roles of representatives. Key themes include responsiveness, responsibility, formalistic, descriptive, and symbolic facets of representation. The discussion delves into normative criteria for evaluating representation and different models such as parliamentary democracy and presidentialism.
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How are lites and citizens congruent? How are lites and citizens congruent? Representing 'the people' Representing 'the people' Luca Verzichelli Pactum Summer School University of Kairouan 9 October 2021
A few questions? Qu'est-ce que c'est a representative body ? Organe repr sentatif a representative lite ? lite repr sentatif A representative delegation ? mandat repr sentatif
Historical antecedents of modern representation Historique Historique Ant c dent Ant c dent de la de la Modern ModernRepresentation Representation The Roman tradition: elders and wise men Reducing the community s complexity: the States general Montesquieu: the modern idea of a legislative body Burke: delegate or trustee? La tradition de la Rome antique: Ain s et Sages Asembl e de l'Ancien R gime: nobles, clerg et tiers tat. Montesquieu: Esprit des Lois Burke: Del guer out Fiduciaire
Marriage between Representation and Democracy Mariage Mariage entre entre representation representationet et d mocracie d mocracie lite democracy: Representation as a distinction between rulers and ruled Procedural democracy Representation as a guarantee of respecting popular will Party democracy Representation as professional litism Audience democracy Representation as a mood perceived by media lite democratie Democratie et proc dure D mocratie et partis politiques Democratie du public
Modern Representation Repr sentation Repr sentation et Compound relationship between represented and representatives What is at stake: responsiveness or responsibility Different models of representative democracy (i.e. parliamentary democracy vs. Presidentialism) Normative criteria to evaluate representation Political context et d mocratie d mocratie contemporaine contemporaine
Pitkin: representation Formalistic Descriptive Symbolic
Representative Roles Delegate Trustee Politico
Crisis of representative Democracy Mistrust towards politicians Weak impact of legislative elites vis-a-vis executive politics The congruence gap
