Political representation / Ian, Shapiro. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xi, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Hobbes's theory of representation : anti-democratic or proto-democratic? / David Runciman -- Participation and representation before democracy : petitions and addresses in premodern Britain / Mark Knights -- Varieties of public representation / Philip Pettit -- Representative government and popular sovereignty / Bryan Garsten -- Making interest : on representation and democratic legitimacy / Clarissa Rile Hayward -- Critical liberalism / Courtney Jung -- Settlers and natives in North America / Mahmood Mamdani -- Perverse consequences? : the impact of quotas for women on democratization in Africa / Shireen Hassim -- On quotas and qualifications for office / Andrew Rehfeld -- Electoral representation and the aristocratic thesis / John Ferejohn and Frances Rosenbluth -- Why does the Republican Party win half the votes? / John E. Roemer -- 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 -- Swing voters, core voters, and distributive politics / Gary W. Cox.

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Representative government and representation.
Democracy.

JF1051 / .P58 2009

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