Republic or democracy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6234015
AutoresGraham Maddox (autor de correspondencia)
Año1993
Volumen28
Número4
Páginas9-26
Fecha de publicación1993-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAustralian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00323269308402264
OpenAlexW2173297749
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas32

While 'republic' is used to distinguish regimes without monarchs from other constitutional forms, in other respects the word is taken to be a virtual synonym for democracy. Up to the present century, however, the two words had very different histories. The republican form was almost always held to retain constitutional safeguards against the 'excesses' or 'follies' of democracy. This would be of little consequence were it not for the fact that many present republican constitutions have been carried forward from a time when the previous distinctions were carefully maintained. In historical terms, the identification of republic with democracy — as is almost universally done in the United States — is problematical. Difficulties associated with the (former) distinction could well be inherited or absorbed by those wishing to emulate the US experience, including some of those who advocate a republic for Australia

Democracy · Epistemology · Identification (biology · Liberal democracy · Political science · Politics · Synonym (taxonomy · The Republic · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Philosophy