81st Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference: Parties Against Democracy? A Rousseauian Reorientation of Political Parties

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Parties Against Democracy? A Rousseauian Reorientation of Political Parties

In Event: On Political Stability and Instability

Sat, April 6, 3:00 to 4:30pm CDT (3:00 to 4:30pm CDT), TBA

Brief Overview

This essay aims to show that Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s reconstruction of the Roman censor in the Social Contract is a useful resource for illuminating salutary roles of political parties in contemporary democracies.

Author

Michael Scott Thomas, Stanford University