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"Vocea" naţiunii: politică şi reprezentare în Parlamentul român; 1866-1871
The "voice" of the nation: politics and representation in the Romanian parliament; 1866-1871
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Abstract The article examines a few episodes during the 1866-1871 legislatures of the Romanian Parliament. The debate on the annual budget for 1867 represents a good opportunity for the members of the Parliament to define politics as a matter of opinion, with negative connotations, in opposition to the face-... view more
The article examines a few episodes during the 1866-1871 legislatures of the Romanian Parliament. The debate on the annual budget for 1867 represents a good opportunity for the members of the Parliament to define politics as a matter of opinion, with negative connotations, in opposition to the face-value and clearness represented by the mathematical percentages and figures. The latter ought to guide, in their opinion, good governance, which does not belong to the realm of politics. According to such a mental scheme, the members of both Chambers of the Parliament appear to be convinced that majoritarian politics and the fragmentation of the political parties must be utterly rejected in order to adequately realize representation. The difficulty of the Romanian members of the Parliament to define politics influences their difficulty to define their own role, namely the nature of political representation.... view less
Keywords
Romania; nineteenth century; parliament; representation; politics; historical development
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Political System, Constitution, Government
General History
Document language
Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
Publication Year
2006
Page/Pages
p. 563-575
Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 6 (2006) 3
ISSN
1582-4551
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 1.0