 | Robert A. Dahl - Political Science - 2008 - 414 pages
...be considered as a new invention, unknown in Montesquieu's time. . . Representative democracy. . . is democracy rendered practicable for a long time and over a great extent of territory” (De Tracy 1811, 19). In 1820 James Mill proclaimed “the system of representation” as “the grand... | |
 | Markus Brunner - Africa - 2002 - 336 pages
...repräsentativer Regierungssysteme beantworten zumindest die letzte Frage. Repräsentative Demokratie "is democracy rendered practicable for a long time and over a great extent of territory" (De Tracy, zitiert in Dahl 1989, 29). Erst damit wurde Demokratie im modernen Flächen- oder Nationalstaat... | |
 | Sanford Levinson, Bartholomew H. Sparrow - History - 2005 - 288 pages
...democracy degenerating into "anarchy . . . brings on aristocracy or tyranny." Representative democracy "is democracy rendered practicable for a long time...a great extent of territory." "Simple democracy," Destutt concluded, "is the true state of nature; representative democracy is that of nature, in a perfect... | |
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Representation, or representative government, may be considered as a new invention, unknown in Montesquieu's time. . . Representative democracy. . . is democracy rendered practicable for a long time and over a great extent of territory 