Summary Of "Democracy" By Norberto Bobbio: UNIVERSITY SUMMARIES

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In the contemporary theory of democracy, 3 great traditions of political thought converge: 1- CLASSICAL THEORY: Aristotelian theory of the 3 forms of government, where democracy, as the government of all citizens, is distinguished from the monarchy (government of one ) and the aristocracy (government of few). 2- the MEDIEVAL THEORY: of popular sovereignty, which contrasts the Ascending Theory (power comes from the people) with the Descending (power derives from the prince, transmitted by delegation from the superior to the inferior). 3- the MODERN THEORY: Machiavellian Theory, arises with the modern monarchical State; there would be two forms of government, the monarchy and the republic (the latter is equivalent to democracy).

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• Release date: Dec 16, 2021
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Mauricio Enrique Fau nació en Buenos Aires en 1965. Se recibió de Licenciado en Ciencia Política en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Cursó también Derecho en la UBA y Periodismo en la Universidad de Morón. Realizó estudios en FLACSO Argentina. Docente de la UBA y AUTOR DE MÁS DE 3.000 RESÚMENES de Psicología, Sociología, Ciencia Política, Antropología, Derecho, Historia, Epistemología, Lógica, Filosofía, Economía, Semiología, Educación y demás disciplinas de las Ciencias Sociales. Desde 2005 dirige La Bisagra Editorial, especializada en técnicas de estudio y materiales que facilitan la transición desde la escuela secundaria a la universidad. Por intermedio de La Bisagra publicó 38 libros. Participa en diversas ferias del libro, entre ellas la Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires y la FIL Guadalajara.

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Summary Of Democracy By Norberto Bobbio

UNIVERSITY SUMMARIES

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SUMMARY OF DEMOCRACY BY NORBERTO BOBBIO

First edition. December 16, 2021.

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ISBN: 979-8201677244

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POLITICAL SCIENCE DICTIONARY: DEMOCRACY | Norberto Bobbio

THE ROMAN-MEDIEVAL TRADITION OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

BOBBIO: RULES OF THE GAME OR | UNIVERSAL PROCEDURES OF DEMOCRACY

Some typologies of democratic regimes

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POLITICAL SCIENCE DICTIONARY: DEMOCRACY

Norberto Bobbio

IN THE CONTEMPORARY theory of democracy, 3 great traditions of political thought converge: 1- CLASSICAL THEORY: Aristotelian theory of the 3 forms of government, where democracy, as the government of all citizens, is distinguished from the monarchy (government of one ) and the aristocracy (government of few). 2- the MEDIEVAL THEORY: of popular sovereignty, which contrasts the Ascending Theory (power comes from the people) with the Descending (power derives from the prince, transmitted by delegation from the superior to the inferior). 3- the MODERN THEORY: Machiavellian Theory, arises with the modern monarchical State; there would be two forms of government, the monarchy and the republic (the latter is equivalent to democracy).

THE ARISTOTLEIC TRADITION OF THE THREE FORMS OF GOVERNMENT

IN DISCUSSING HIM WITH Megabizo (aristocratic) and Darío (monarchist), Otanes defends democracy or isonomy (equality before the law). For PLATON, of the 5 forms of government (aristocracy, timocracy, oligarchy, democracy and tyranny) only the aristocracy is good, and he defines democracy as the government of the number, of the many, of the multitude. For Plato democracy is the least good of the good ways and the least bad of the bad ways. The monarchy is bad for excess of authority, democracy for excess of freedom. For ARISTOTLE, democracy is the government with the advantage of the poor different from tyranny (government with the advantage of the monarch) and oligarchy (government with the advantage of the rich), being the corrupt form of politics, because it is the government of one party against the other.

Then it is taken in a broader sense, and Aristotle gives it 5 forms: 1) rich and poor govern at the same time, 2) public offices are given by a very low census, 3) all citizens (except those deprived of rights civilians by judicial procedure) can hold public office, 4) all citizens without exception can hold public office, 5) it is the mass and not the law, the sovereign (demagoguery).

Later variants: a) BODINO's distinction between forms of state and forms of government, where the first is ownership and the second is the exercise of government (eg, democratic monarchy, aristocratic democracy, etc.), b) the suppression of the distinction between pure and corrupt forms, made by HOBBES, because