*** In [[démocratie représentative]], we are electing people called *representatives* who are supposed to decide on behalf of the citizens and implement general will[^1]. The idea is that representatives own sovereignty[^2] because the citizens delegate theirs to them So modern representatives democracy are radically different from their Grec ancestor Each time there is some kind of democracy, there are representatives : - sortition (in the Boule of Athens for example[^3]) - election[^4], aristocratic way of choosing representatives. Formation of a political class[^5] which is going to have a divergence of their interests from the interests of the people[^6] - ex : Founding Fathers of modern representatives were also against imperative mandates[^7] Two sources of legitimacy : - it's egalitarian - there are legitimate by the system and not the voters ## Liens [^1]: [[volonté générale]] [^2]: [[souveraineté]] [^3]: [[tirage au sort dans la Grèce Antique]] [^4]: [[aristocratie élective]] [^5]: [[classe dominante]] [^6]: [[lutte des classes]] [^7]: [[Mandat Impératif]]