Rule by Multiple Majorities: A New Theory of Popular Control

by Sean Ingham

What does it mean to say that citizens have control over their leaders? In a democracy, citizens should have some control over how they are governed. If they do not participate directly in making policy, they ought to maintain control over the public officials who design policy on their behalf. Rule by Multiple Majorities develops a novel theory of popular control: an account of what it is, why democracy's promise of popular control is compatible...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108497047
• ISBN13: 9781108497046
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.6" x 9.2"