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| Parliamentary system: A parliamentary system is a system of government in which the executive branch (the government) is accountable to the legislative branch (the parliament). This means that the government must have the support of a majority of the parliament in order to stay in power. See also Democracy, State, Society, Government, Power, Legislation._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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J.-J. Rousseau on Parliamentary System - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 278 Parliamentarism/Rousseau/Höffe: According to Rousseau, popular sovereignty may only be exercised directly, never representatively. Political representation/associations/representations/bodies/political parties: With the argument that the sovereignty based on civil liberty is essentially unjustifiable, Rousseau rejects parties as well as professional bodies such as workers' and employers' associations, even parliaments in principle. (RousseauVsPolitical Parties). Republic: fixated on the model of the ancient polis, also of his hometown Geneva, he even declares that as soon as the citizens elect deputies, they abolish the only legitimate community, the republic. >State/Rousseau, >Social Contract/Rousseau._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Rousseau I J. J. Rousseau Les Confessions, 1765-1770, publ. 1782-1789 German Edition: The Confessions 1953 Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |
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