The Good RepresentativeIn The Good Representative, Suzanne Dovi argues that democratic citizens should assess their representatives by their display of three virtues: they must be fair-minded, build critical trust, and be good gatekeepers.
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Democratic Advocacy and Good Democratic | |
The Virtue of FairMindedness | |
The Virtue of Critical Trust Building | |
The Virtue of Good Gatekeeping | |
Preferable Democratic Representatives Real | |
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