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The concept of representation

This book arises out of Hannah Pitkin's doctoral dissertation and is considered by political scientists to be the gold standard in terms of a philosophical treatment of the subject. Pitkin covers the historical evolution of thinking about representation from the Greeks through the founding of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pitkin, Hanna Fenichel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley, University of California Press, 1972 [©1967]
Series:Campus (Berkeley, Calif.) ; 75.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Problem of Thomas Hobbes
  • Formalistic Views of Representation
  • "Standing For": Descriptive Representation
  • "Standing For": Symbolic Representation Representing as "Acting For": The Analogies
  • The Mandate-Independence Controversy
  • Representing Unattached Interests: Burke
  • Representing People Who Have Interests: Liberalism
  • Political Representation