government Archives - Michael Ignatieff https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/tag/government/ Professor, writer, politician Thu, 11 Nov 2021 16:41:15 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://i0.wp.com/michaelignatieff.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-Michael-Ignatieff-website-icon-512x512px.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 government Archives - Michael Ignatieff https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/tag/government/ 32 32 217957751 Representation and Responsibility: Ethics and Public Office https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/2013/representation-and-responsibility-ethics-and-public-office/ Thu, 30 May 2013 09:00:00 +0000 https://wp19.infinhost.net/?p=1487 Representation is the contested relationship at the heart of our democracy. It is contested because the theory and practice of democratic representation have never been in close alignment. In theory, representatives should be either the trustees or the delegates of the citizens who elect them. In practice citizens do not usually share collective interests.

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