Dignitaries parliament
In political science, an honorary parliament is a parliament whose members are predominantly or exclusively to be assigned to the wealthy and educated bourgeoisie and have a high degree of professional and economic independence, which enables them to be able to carry out a political activity without having to do anything To refer to remuneration ( diets ).
In particular, the Frankfurt national assembly , which in the years 1848 / 49 with the aim of constitution for a united Germany in the St. Paul Church in Frankfurt met, often referred to as Honoratiorenparlament.
Measured by today's standards of a ( representative ) democracy , the legitimacy of a dignitary parliament is considered deficient.
See also
literature
- Schüttemeyer, Suzanne S .: Honorary Parliament. In: Dieter Nohlen and Rainer-Olaf Schultze (eds.): Lexicon of Political Science. Theories, methods, terms. Munich 2002.