The Edges of Political Representation: Mapping, Critiquing and Pushing the Boundaries
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The concept of political representation has expanded
beyond the classical relationship between representative and the
represented to encompass advocacy, group identities, non-human
voices, future generations, non-democratic systems, symbols,
virtual representation and broader interests. As such, literature
on political representation stems from a wide range of viewpoints
and scholarly traditions, with different norms and assumptions
built in.
This volume aims to map and critique the ‘edges’ of political
representation. By moving from a discussion in the classical
electoral literature through feminist perspectives to different
levels of representation, different understandings of who is
represented and onto empirical studies of symbolic and virtual
representation through participation, the contributions in this
book provide a nuanced assessment while also presenting future
avenues for research that go beyond the mainstream of research on
political representation.
Taken together, the chapters provide a wide vista of political
representation across several sub-disciplines in political science
(political theory, political philosophy, party politics, electoral
politics, feminism, European politics, minority politics, online
governance etc.), and also open up new research avenues through a
thorough investigation and critique of political representation in
scholarship.
Acknowledgements
1.Introduction
Mihnea Tănăsescu and Claire Dupont
2.Electoral Representation
Kris Deschouwer
3.Exclusion and Representation: Women’s Struggle for
Inclusion
Karen Celis
4.Representation and Accountability of the European Union in
Global Governance Institutions
Sebastian Oberthür
5.Representing Persons: Evocative Representation
Mihnea Tănăsescu
6.Theorising Representation Fairness: Why We Need to Account
for Social Groups
Eline Severs
7.Representing Future Generations
Claire Dupont
8.Understanding the Controversy of ‘Black Pete’ through the
Lens of Symbolic Representation
Ilke Adam, Soumia Akachar, Karen Celis, Serena D’Agostino
& Eline Severs
9.An Architecture for Hybrid Democracy in the EU: when
Participation (en)counters Representation
Ferran Davesa & Jamal Shahin
10.Conclusions
Mihnea Tănăsescu and Claire Dupont
New ideas, practices and sites of political representation are challenging orthodox thinking in political science and in day-to-day politics. Featuring an impressive range of approaches and methods, the contributors to The Edges of Political Representation describe and interrogate these challenges—electoral, symbolic, transnational and generational among others. The book is a timely and sophisticated series of takes on the new frontiers of representation.
This collection is a timely and challenging contribution to thinking about representative democracy. The problem of incomplete representation is tackled throughout: however free and fair elections may be, they do not imply an equal and fair inclusion of intra-societal differences. This makes the book a must-read for all those who care for a just democracy.
Product Details
- Title : The Edges of Political Representation: Mapping, Critiquing and Pushing the Boundaries
- Authors:
- Tanasescu, Mihnea
- Dupont, Claire
- Publisher: ECPR Press
- Publication Date: 2019
- ISBN: 9781785522987
Mihnea Tanasescu is an FWO Postdoctoral Research Fellow at
the Political Science Department, Vrije Universiteit in
Brussels.
Clare Dupont is Assistant Professor of European and International
Governance, Department of Public Governance and Management, Ghent
University, Belgium.