Political representation

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Draws from political science, history, political theory, economics, and anthropology to answer the most important questions about political representation.

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Full title :Political representation / edited by Ian Shapiro [and others].

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Draws from political science, history, political theory, economics, and anthropology to answer the most important questions about political representation.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2010, ©2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010, ©2009.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 368 pages) : : illustrations

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ISBN:9780511768217, 0511768214, 9780511769894, 051176989X, 9780511813146, 0511813147, 1282652869, 9781282652866
oclc:ocn645097590
LC Classification:JF1051.P583 2009
Dewey Decimal:324.63

Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Editors' introduction; I. Representation before representative democracy; II. Theories of political representation; III. Representation and inherited injustice; IV. What role for representative quotas?; V. Preferences, persuasion, and democratic representation; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Part I Representation before representative democracy; 1 Hobbes's theory of representation: anti-democratic or proto-democratic?; 2 Participation and representation before democracy: petitions and addresses in premodern Britain.

Part II Theories of political representation3 Varieties of public representation; 4 Representative government and popular sovereignty; 5 Making interest: on representation and democratic legitimacy; Part III Representation and inherited injustice; 6 Critical liberalism; 7 Settlers and natives in North America; Part IV What role for representative quotas?; 8 Perverse consequences? The impact of quotas for women on democratization in Af.