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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankMachiavellianDemocracyIntensifyingeconomicandpoliticalinequalityposesadangerousthreattothelibertyofdemocraticcitizens.Mountingevidencesuggeststhateconomicpower,notpopularwill,determinespublicpolicy,andthatelectionsconsistentlyfailtokeeppublicof?cia
2、lsaccountabletothepeo-ple.JohnP.McCormickconfrontsthisdiresituationthroughadramaticreinterpretationofNiccoloMachiavelli’spoliticalthought.Highlighting`previouslyneglecteddemocraticstrainsinMachiavelli’smajorwritings,McCormickexcavatesinstitutionsthroughwhichthecommonpeopleofanc
3、ient,medieval,andRenaissancerepublicsconstrainedthepowerofwealthycitizensandpublicmagistrates,andheimagineshowsuchinsti-tutionsmightberevivedtoday.MachiavellianDemocracyfundamentallyreassessesoneofthecentral?guresintheWesternpoliticalcanonanddecisivelyintervenesintocurrentdebat
4、esoverinstitutionaldesignanddemocraticreform.InspiredbyMachiavelli’sthoughtsoneconomicclass,politicalaccountability,andpopularempowerment,McCormickproposesacitizenbodythatexcludessocioeconomicandpoliticalelitesandgrantsrandomlyselectedcommonpeoplesigni?cantveto,legislative,andc
5、ensureauthoritywithingovernmentandoverpublicof?cials.JohnP.McCormickisProfessorofPoliticalScienceattheUniversityofChicago.HewaseducatedatQueensCollege,CityUniversityofNewYork(CUNY),andtheUniversityofChicago.HehasbeenaFulbrightscholarinBremen,Germany;aMonnetFellowattheEuropeanUn
6、iversityInsti-tute,Florence;andaRadcliffeFellowatHarvardUniversity.McCormickistheauthorofCarlSchmitt’sCritiqueofLiberalism:AgainstPoliticsasTechnologyandWeber,Habermas,andTransformationsoftheEuropeanState:Constitutional,Social,andSupranationalDemocracy.Hehaspub-lishednumerousar
7、ticlesoncontemporarydemocratictheory,Florentinepoliticalandconstitutionalthought,andtwentieth-centuryGermanlegal,political,andsocialtheoryinscholarlyjournals,includingModernLawReview,AmericanPoliticalScienceReview,andPoliticalTheory.ForAnnabelleMachiavellianDemocracyJOHNP.McCOR
8、MICKUniversityofChicagocambridgeuniversitypressCambrid
