Rethinking Popular Representation [electronic resource] /
Törnquist, O.editor.
Webster, N.editor.
Stokke, K.editor.
This book starts out from the deep concern with contemporary tendencies towards depoliticisation of public issues and popular interests and makes a case for rethinking more democratic popular representation. It outlines a framework for popular representation, examines key issues and experiences and provides a policy-oriented conclusion.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Notes on the Contributors; 1 Introduction: The Problem Is Representation! Towards an Analytical Framework; 2 What Is the Relationship Between Participation and Representation?; 3 The Paradox of Civil Society Representation: Constructing New Forms of Democratic Legitimacy in Brazil; 4 Symbolic Representation as Political Practice; 5 School Provision, the Capacity to Aspire, and the State of Popular Representation in West Bengal; 6 The Politics of Gradualismo: Popular Participation and Decentralised Governance in Mozambique
7 Representation by Design? Variations on Participatory Reforms in Brazilian Municípios8 Patronage Democracy in Provincial Indonesia; 9 Compromised Democracy: Observations on Popular Democratic Representation from Urban India; 10 Trade Unions and Popular Representation: Nigeria and South Africa Compared; 11 Popular Politics of Representation: New Lessons from the Pioneering Projects in Indonesia, Kerala, and the Philippines; 12 From Research to Practice: Towards the Democratic Institutionalisation of Nodes for Improved Representation; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book starts out from the deep concern with contemporary tendencies towards depoliticisation of public issues and popular interests and makes a case for rethinking more democratic popular representation. It outlines a framework for popular representation, examines key issues and experiences and provides a policy-oriented conclusion.
Political theory.
Political science
Political sociology.
Political communication.
Democracy.
International relations.
Political Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Political Sociology.
Political Communication.
Democracy.
International Relations.