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.
Series:Oxford handbooks online.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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).
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191863769 (ebook) :
DOI:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198825081.001.0001