The Oxford handbook of political representation in liberal democracies

This handbook offers a state-of-the-art assessment of the functioning of political representation in liberal democracies. In 34 chapters the world's leading scholars on the various aspects of political representation address 8 broad themes: the concept and theories of political representation,...

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Other Authors: Rohrschneider, Robert (Editor), Thomassen, J. J. A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2020, 2020
Series:Oxford handbooks online / Oxford handbooks online
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Collection: Oxford Handbook Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This handbook offers a state-of-the-art assessment of the functioning of political representation in liberal democracies. In 34 chapters the world's leading scholars on the various aspects of political representation address 8 broad themes: the concept and theories of political representation, its history and the main requisites for its development; elite orientations and behaviour; descriptive representation; party government and representation; non-electoral forms of political participation and how they relate to political representation; the challenges to representative democracy originating from the growing importance of non-majoritarian institutions and social media; the rise of populism and its consequences for the functioning of representative democracy; the challenge caused by economic and political globlisation
Physical Description:1 online resource (704 pages)
ISBN:9780191863769