Polity Atlas
Book

The Principles of Representative Government

Bernard Manin · Cambridge University Press · 1997

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Type
Book
Author
Bernard Manin
Identifier
DOI 10.1017/CBO9780511659935
Accessed
2026-09-01
Reliability notes
ISBN 9780521458917.

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TheoryBernard Manin argued that modern representative government deliberately chose election over lot and that election has an aristocratic character, since it selects candidates judged superior and so tends to produce a distinct political elite.