In the king's shadow : the political anatomy of democratic representation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Manow, Philip
Other Authors:	Camiller, Patrick
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Polity Press, 2010.
Edition:	English ed.
Subjects:	Representative government and representation > History. Democracy > History. Monarchy > History. Representative government and representation. Democracy. Monarchy.

Table of Contents:

1. Does the republic have a body?
2. Parliament as body politic - hose seating plans: Does democracy have no imagery? ; Basic parliamentary seating plans and how they came about ; The shadow of the king's body ; The parliamentarization of divine right doctrine
3. Parliament as body politic - immunity, publicity, proportionality and discontinuity: Republican body-snatching ; 'A degree of sanctity' - parliamentary immunity ; The parliamentary puppet can speak! - the question of public debate ; 'A recognizable likeness of the populace' - parliamentary proportionality ; Le parlement ne meurt jamais? Parliamentary discontinuity ; Farewell to the body of the people?
4. Democratic bodies/despotic bodies: Deputies and doubles ; In corpore/in effigie ; Hot and cold representation ; Violent/thaumaturgic ; Dignitas/humanitas ; Disenchantment/re-enchantment.