Representation: Elections and Beyond

Author:   Jack H. Nagel ,  Rogers M. Smith
Publisher:   University of Pennsylvania Press
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9780812245141


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   07 August 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jack H. Nagel ,  Rogers M. Smith
Publisher:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Imprint:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.730kg
ISBN:  

9780812245141


ISBN 10:   0812245148
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   07 August 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Introduction. The Multiplying Challenges of Modern Representation —Rogers M. Smith and Jack H. Nagel I. REPRESENTATION THROUGH ELECTIONS Chapter 1. Evaluating U.S. Electoral Institutions in Comparative Perspective —André Blais Chapter 2. Are American Elections Sufficiently Democratic? —Dennis F. Thompson Chapter 3. Barriers to Voting in the Twenty-First Century —Alexander Keyssar Chapter 4. Uneven Democracy: Turnout, Minority Interests, and Local Government Spending —Zoltan Hajnal and Jessica Trounstine Chapter 5. Fairness and Bias in Electoral Systems —Anthony McGann Chapter 6. Political Party Organizations, Civic Representation, and Participation —Georgia Kernell II. REPRESENTATION BEYOND ELECTIONS Chapter 7. The Paradox of Voting—for Republicans: Economic Inequality, Political Organization, and the American Voter —Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson Chapter 8. A Democratic Balance: Bureaucracy, Political Parties, and Political Representation —Pradeep Chhibber and Susan L. Ostermann Chapter 9. The Closing of the Frontier: Political Blogs, the 2008 Election, and the Online Public Sphere —Matthew Hindman Chapter 10. The Technological Basis of Organizational Membership: Representation of Interests in the New Media Age —Dave Karpf Chapter 11. The Principle of Affected Interests: An Interpretation and Defense —Archon Fung Chapter 12. Citizen Representatives —Mark E. Warren Notes List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments

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Bringing together work from an impressive array of scholars, this excellent volume forces us to examine the deficiencies of current democratic practice and helps us envision new ways of addressing them by rethinking representation. -Keena Lipsitz, Queens College, CUNY


Bringing together work from an impressive array of scholars, this excellent volume forces us to examine the deficiencies of current democratic practice and helps us envision new ways of addressing them by rethinking representation. * Keena Lipsitz, Queens College, CUNY *


Bringing together work from an impressive array of scholars, this excellent volume forces us to examine the deficiencies of current democratic practice and helps us envision new ways of addressing them by rethinking representation. -Keena Lipsitz, Queens College, CUNY


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Jack H. Nagel is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and author of The Descriptive Analysis of Power and Participation. Rogers M. Smith is Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is editor of Citizenship, Borders, and Human Needs and coeditor of Varieties of Citizenship and Sovereignty, both available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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