THE DERANGEMENT OF POWERS

In: World affairs: a journal of ideas and debate, Band 147, Heft 4, S. 322-329

Abstract

IN ORDER TO PROVE THAT THE MALADY OF DEMOCRATIC STATES IS A DERANGEMENT IN THE RELATION BETWEEN THE MASS OF PEOPLE AND THE GOVERNMENT, THE AUTHOR LOOKS AT THE RELATION BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE POWER AND THE ELECTED ASSEMBLY, WITH EXAMPLES GOING BACK TO NORMAN ENGLAND. THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT WESTERN LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES ARE A DECLINING POWER IN HUMAN AFFAIRS, DUE TO THEIR DISABILITY IN COPING WITH THE MOUNTING DISORDER. THE AUTHOR ASKS HOW IF WE REJECT THE VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE IN A KING OR POPE, HOW DO WE REPRESENT THE PEOPLE, AND IS THE ASSEMBLY REALLY MORE EFFECTIVE.