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OverviewRepresentation 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael Saward (Professor of Politics, The Open University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.500kg ISBN: 9780199579389ISBN 10: 0199579385 Pages: 218 Publication Date: 13 May 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Remainders and opportunities: recent theories of political representation 2: Mapping the representative claim 3: Variations and resources 4: The elected and the unelected 5: Debates and interventions 6: Representation, legitimacy and democracy Bibliography IndexReviewsSaward succeeds in his attempt to expand the concept of representation beyond the standard interpretation of making present or standing for in a narrowly political sense ... the book should be accessible to advanced undergraduates and is essential for researchers. Summing Up: Highly recommended. J.E. Herbel, CHOICE This is a book I would recommend to every political theorist interested in the theory of representation. It provides an innovative and interesting account of representation. * Horacio Spector, Perspectives on Politics20/04/2012 * Saward succeeds in his attempt to expand the concept of representation beyond the standard interpretation of making present or standing for in a narrowly political sense ... the book should be accessible to advanced undergraduates and is essential for researchers. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * J.E. Herbel, CHOICE * Saward succeeds in his attempt to expand the concept of representation beyond the standard interpretation of making present or standing for in a narrowly political sense ... the book should be accessible to advanced undergraduates and is essential for researchers. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * J.E. Herbel, CHOICE * This is a book I would recommend to every political theorist interested in the theory of representation. It provides an innovative and interesting account of representation. * Horacio Spector, Perspectives on Politics * Author InformationMichael Saward is Professor of Politics at the Open University. He has published a wide range of books and articles on the idea of democracy, new forms of representation, green political theory, British politics, and the changing structure of states. At the Open University he has led and participated in the making of a new generation of multi-media politics undergraduate courses, and has commented regularly in the broadcast media. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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