The Representative Claim (Hardcover)

Representation is more than a matter of elections and parties. This book offers a radical new perspective on the subject. Representation, it argues, is all around us, a dynamic practise across societies rather than simply a fixed feature of government. At the heart of the argument is the straightforward but versatile notion of the representative claim. People claim to speak or stand for others in multiple, shifting, and surprising patterns. At the same time they offer images of their constituents and audiences as artists paint portraits. Who can speak for and about us in this volatile world of representations? Which representative claims can have democratic legitimacy?
The Representative Claim is set to transform our core assumptions about what representation is and can be. At a time when political representation is widely believed to be in crisis, the book provides a timely and critical corrective to conventional wisdom on the present and potential future of representative democracy.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2010
First published:	July 2010
Authors:	Michael Saward
Dimensions:	241 x 163 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	218
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-957938-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy
LSN:	0-19-957938-5
Barcode:	9780199579389

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