Name: Active and Passive Citizens. A Defense of Majoritarian Democracy
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Author: Richard Tuck;Stephen Macedo
ISBN: 9780691242811

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Active and Passive Citizens. A Defense of Majoritarian Democracy

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Author

Richard Tuck;Stephen Macedo

Year

2026

Pages

208

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.60 x 14.00 cm

ISBN13

9780691242811

Active and Passive Citizens. A Defense of Majoritarian Democracy

Richard Tuck;Stephen Macedo (Author) · Princeton University Press · Paperback

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Synopsis "Active and Passive Citizens. A Defense of Majoritarian Democracy"

A powerful case for why majority rule—not representation—is the defining feature of democratic politicsThe idea that democratic governance rests on active self-rule by citizens plays surprisingly little part in current theories of democracy, which instead stress the importance of representation by elected, appointed, or randomly selected bodies such as legislatures, courts, and juries. This would have astonished eighteenth-century theorists of democracy, who viewed universal suffrage and majoritarian voting as the sole criteria for democratic politics. Active and Passive Citizens defends the view of these earlier thinkers, asserting that individual agency is the very essence of democracy. In this provocative and lucidly argued book, Richard Tuck draws on the distinction made by the Abbé Sieyès, a leading political theorist of the French Revolution, between “active” citizens (the electorate) and “passive” ones (those who are represented by the institutions of the state). Tuck traces our current representative view of democracy to Sieyès and contrasts him with Rousseau, a theorist of active self-rule by the people. Tuck argues that modern theories of democracy have effectively turned us into passive citizens and calls for a renewal of a majoritarian democracy that realizes the full potential of active citizenship. Based on the prestigious Tanner Lectures delivered at Princeton University’s Center for Human Values, Active and Passive Citizens is edited and introduced by Stephen Macedo and includes commentary by political theorists Simone Chambers, Joshua Cohen, John Ferejohn, and Melissa Schwartzberg.