discredit. Accordingly, the first half of the article discusses how earlier commentators developed their own theories of representative government in the context of a debate about the best polity for the Dutch provinces. The second half deals with Van
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Representative Government in the Dutch Provinces
The Controversy over the Stadtholderate (1705–1707) and Simon van Slingelandt
Bert Drejer
In Contributions to the History of Concepts
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- 01 Jun 2020
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‘The Expenditure of a Million of British Sovereigns in this Otherwise Miserable Place’
Frontier Wars, Public Debt and the Cape’s Non-racial Constitution
Jeff Peires
Colonial Office. Finally, we will trace the narrative of the events which culminated in the emergence in 1854 of a Cape representative government, elected on a qualified but non-racial franchise. Peace Is Ruin Apart from the necessary expenses of
Democratic Representation and Legislative Theatre
Gustavo H. Dalaqua
debate and vote on in the assembly. Although I partially concur with it, I do not endorse Landemore's critique in its entirety because I do not suppose the adoption of direct participation mechanisms to be incompatible with representative government. By
The Modernity of Political Representation
Its Innovative Thrust and Transnational Semantic Transfers during the Sattelzeit (Eighteenth to Nineteenth Centuries)
Samuel Hayat and José María Rosales
Representation is a major and multifaceted concept of modern politics. Through open and regular elections, it shields the democratic character of representative governments, compelling politicians to pursue the interests of their constituencies and
In Contributions to the History of Concepts
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The “Moral Effect” of Legalized Lawlessness
Violence in Britain’s Twentieth-Century Empire
Caroline Elkins
, Eileen P. Sullivan, “Liberalism and Imperialism: J. S. Mill’s Defense of the British Empire,” Journal of the History of Ideas 44, no. 4 (1983): 599–617. 15 John Stuart Mill, Considerations on Representative Government (New York: Create-Space, 2014), 4
In Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques
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Precarious Time, Morality, and the Republic
New Granada, 1818–1853
Francisco A. Ortega
enlightenment [must be] the poles of a republic; morals and enlightenment are our prime necessities.” 30 Along with the classical tenants of representative government, Bolívar proposed the creation of a hereditary senate and a fourth power that functioned as a
In Contributions to the History of Concepts
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Science, Customs, and the Modern Subject
From Emulation to Education in the Semantics of Spanish Enlightenment
Pablo Sánchez León
, intellectual and law historians have devised a brand new interpretive framework on the 1812 Constitution, where it is argued that, instead of setting a new constitutional language following conventional principles of representative government, such as the
In Contributions to the History of Concepts
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Revisiting French Foundational Republicanism from a Non-teleological Approach
Pablo Facundo Escalante
part of its heritage—popular sovereignty, representative government, the Rights of Man, the tricolor banner, the revolutionary motto—actually originated early in the Revolution, under the constitutional monarchy, before the proclamation of the
In Contributions to the History of Concepts
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“Africa, Are We There Yet?” Taking African Mobilities Seriously—Concluding Remarks
Kudzai Matereke
that “rude nations” or “barbarians” were inherently unfit for representative government; thus he saw despotism as the legitimate form of government. 5 Historicism also rode on the wave of a Hegelian dialectics, whereby progress is a teleological and
A Matter of Unbound Leaders in the Lives of Africans
Ajume H. Wingo
Macmillan . 10.1057/9781137062055 Mill , J. S. 1926 . Utilitarianism, Liberty and Representative Government . New York : Dutton and Co. Mill , J. S. 2001 . On Liberty . Ontario, Canada : Batoche Books . Mills , C. 1997 . The Racial
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