IZASLANIK I POVJERENIK: DVA LICA POLITIČKE REPREZENTACIJE
DELEGATE AND COMMISSIONER: TWO FACES OF POLITICAL REPRESENTATION

Summary/Abstract: The modern concept of political representation, developed in the 19th century as a result of uniting opposed spiritual-political traditions and practices (democratic ideas of national sovereignty and the oligarchic practice of liberal parliamentarism) has until this day retained its dualist significance. In the work the dualist structure of political representation is considered with regard to the dichotomy of free or binding mandates of representatives in the triangle electorate – political party – parliament. The author analyses constitutional-legal solutions and dominant approaches in political theory and points out the results of contemporary research of the representational process in Europe and the United States. In the third, final part the framework of a broader theory of democratic representation is indicated.

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