¶ … Representative Government
The book "The Principles of Representative Government" is one of the best recent attempts made by any author study political theory that guides governmental structure and influences the changes that has occurred in the form of government since ancient times. Bernard Manin presents his arguments in a lucid manner however the book does suffer from its fair share of weaknesses that we shall discuss later in the paper. For now, it is important to understand that Manin's book revolves around the thesis that democracy is not exactly established with the help of representative government. The latter was meant to control the deficiencies of democracy and not to give it excessive powers. He writes: "Contemporary democratic governments have evolved from a political system that was conceived by its founders as opposed to democracy.... What today we call representative democracy has its origins in a system of institutions... that was in no way initially perceived as a form of democracy or of government by the people" (1).
While the book has a thesis, it is not well defined and is not as properly pursued. More attention has been paid to the method of selecting government representatives as the author feels that selection method says a lot about the influence, scope and effectiveness of government. He starts with the way Athenian governments selected representative. This method has been termed selection by lot. This method has largely been abandoned today in the name of democratic rule. The author feels that selection by lot was not altogether an impractical way of choosing representatives as he argues that "lot was not totally impracticable" (p. 82) Manin explains that the selection method 'lot' was quite popular for a long time in city-states but by late 18th century, it had been replaced by other selection systems. "Never was it seriously...
" Katniss also represents a girl who is coming of age. In this sense, the film could be called a bildungsroman, which is a genre that is completely opposite of "The Lottery." "The Lottery" is sheer over-the-top satire. The Hunger Games does not set out to ridicule and poke fun at human nature but highlight its good points in an increasingly demented and dystopian world. Katniss is admired for her
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