Democracy and the ethics of representation

Uhr, John

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Democracy and the ethics of representation

Date

2012-01-01

Authors

Uhr, John

Abstract

This chapter provides a number of signposts for those embarking on a journey into the land of political and legislative ethics. In many respects, it is an unexplored land and the chapters which follow report many new pathways into it. The task for this opening chapter is to provide a preliminary orientation which can be filled out by later chapters, each of which focuses on selected avenues of analysis which carve new access trails into this fascinating terrain.