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Political representation /

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

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Shapiro, Ian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.