DE LOS SISTEMAS DE GOBIERNO REPRESENTATIVO A LA DEMOCRACIA : BERNARD MANIN EN EL DEBATE SOBRE LA RECUPERACIÓN CONTEMPORÁNEA DEL SORTEO.

In this paper I will argue that Bernard Manin's book The Principles of Representative Government is a central reference for understanding the current debates on the recovery of formulas for greater popular self-government, fundamentally those in which the introduction of sortition as a tool for the selection of political offices is proposed. To this end, I will examine the sources of ancient democracy recovered by Manin and argue in favor of the different possibilities of appropriation of his work. The work will thus appear open to different readings, thus showing that its reception has been conditioned by singular events. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]