In
The Good Representative, Suzanne Dovi argues that democratic citizens should assess their representatives by their display of three virtues: they must be fair-minded, build critical trust, and be good gatekeepers.
- This important book provides standards for evaluating the democratic credentials of representatives.
- Identifies the problems with and obstacles to good democratic representation.
- Argues that democratic representation, even good democratic representation, is not always desirable.
- Timely and original, this book rejects the tendency to equate respect for the preferences of citizens with neutrality on the standards used in choosing their representatives.
Preface viii
Acknowledgments xi
1 Who is a Good Representative? 1
An Ethics of Democratic Representation 6
The Proper Scope of an Ethics of Democratic Representation 9
Three Assumptions 14
The Theoretical Contribution of The Good Representative 17
Deliberative democracy 18
Descriptive representation for historically disadvantaged groups 21
The Structure of The Good Representative 23
2 Moving beyond Descriptive Representation 27
Democratic Representation and Descriptive Representation 29
Two Problems with Descriptive Representation 34
Justifying the Silence about Criteria 36
The Need for Criteria 39
The Need for Democratic Standards 44
3 Democratic Advocacy and Good Democratic Representation 52
The Scope of Democratic Representation 53
Sources of Authority for DemolCÚ
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