Political representation
By: edited by Ian Shapiro ... [et al.].
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780521111270; 9780521128650
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Hobbes's theory of representation : anti-democratic or proto-democratic? / David Runciman; title: Participation and representation before democracy : petitions and addresses in premodern Britain / Mark Knights; title: Varieties of public representation / Philip Pettit; title: Representative government and popular sovereignty / Bryan Garsten; title: Making interest : on representation and democratic legitimacy / Clarissa Rile Hayward; title: Critical liberalism / Courtney Jung; title: Settlers and natives in North America / Mahmood Mamdani; title: Perverse consequences? : the impact of quotas for women on democratization in Africa / Shireen Hassim; title: On quotas and qualifications for office / Andrew Rehfeld; title: Electoral representation and the aristocratic thesis / John Ferejohn and Frances Rosenbluth; title: Why does the Republican Party win half the votes? / John E. Roemer; title: The impact of electoral debate on public opinions : an experimental investigation of the 2005 New York City mayoral election / Sendhil Mullainathan, Ebonya Washington, and Julia R. Azari; title: Swing voters, core voters, and distributive politics / Gary W. Cox.