{"product_id":"representation-elections-and-beyond-hardback-9780812245141","title":"Representation; Elections and Beyond (Hardback) 9780812245141","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRepresentation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eElections and Beyond\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJack H. Nagel (Edited by), Rogers M. Smith (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812245141\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 August 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages, 13 illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.762 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Bringing together work from an impressive array of scholars, this excellent volume forces us to examine the deficiencies of current democratic practice and helps us envision new ways of addressing them by rethinking representation.\" (Keena Lipsitz, Queens College, CUNY)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn any democracy, the central problem of governance is how to inform, organize, and represent the opinions of the public in order to advance three goals: popular control over leaders, equality among citizens, and competent governance. In most political analyses, voting is emphasized as the central and essential process in achieving these goals. Yet democratic representation encompasses a great deal more than voter beliefs and behavior and, indeed, involves much more than the machinery of elections. Democracy requires government agencies that respond to voter decisions, a civil society in which powerful organized interests do not dominate all others, and communication systems that permit divergent voices to be heard.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRepresentation: Elections and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e brings together leading international scholars from a wide range of disciplines to explore the twenty-first-century innovations-in voting laws and practices, in electoral systems, in administrative, political, and civil organizations, and in communication processes and new technologies-that are altering how we understand democratic representation. Featuring twelve essays that engage with national, provincial, and municipal governments across three continents, this volume tackles traditional core elements of democratic representation, such as voting, electoral systems, and political parties, while also underscoring the ways in which beliefs and preferences of citizens are influenced, expressed, and aggregated and the effects of those methods and practices on political agendas and policy outcomes. In pinpointing deficiencies in contemporary democratic practices and possibilities for reform, \u003ci\u003eRepresentation\u003c\/i\u003e provides an invaluable roadmap to improve democratic representation in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eContributors:\u003c\/b\u003e AndrÉ Blais, Pradeep Chhibber, Archon Fung, Jacob Hacker, Zoltan Hajnal, Matthew Hindman, David Karpf, Georgia Kernell, Alexander Keyssar, Anthony McGann, Susan Ostermann, Paul Pierson, Dennis Thompson, Jessica Trounstine, Mark E. Warren.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction. The Multiplying Challenges of Modern Representation\u003cbr\u003e -Rogers M. Smith and Jack H. Nagel\u003cbr\u003e I. REPRESENTATION THROUGH ELECTIONS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Evaluating U.S. Electoral Institutions in Comparative Perspective\u003cbr\u003e -AndrÉ Blais\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Are American Elections Sufficiently Democratic?\u003cbr\u003e -Dennis F. Thompson\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Barriers to Voting in the Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003e -Alexander Keyssar\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Uneven Democracy: Turnout, Minority Interests, and Local Government Spending\u003cbr\u003e -Zoltan Hajnal and Jessica Trounstine\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Fairness and Bias in Electoral Systems\u003cbr\u003e -Anthony McGann\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Political Party Organizations, Civic Representation, and Participation\u003cbr\u003e -Georgia Kernell\u003cbr\u003e II. REPRESENTATION BEYOND ELECTIONS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. The Paradox of Voting-for Republicans: Economic Inequality, Political Organization, and the American Voter\u003cbr\u003e -Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. A Democratic Balance: Bureaucracy, Political Parties, and Political Representation\u003cbr\u003e -Pradeep Chhibber and Susan L. Ostermann\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. The Closing of the Frontier: Political Blogs, the 2008 Election, and the Online Public Sphere\u003cbr\u003e -Matthew Hindman\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. The Technological Basis of Organizational Membership: Representation of Interests in the New Media Age\u003cbr\u003e -Dave Karpf\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. The Principle of Affected Interests: An Interpretation and Defense\u003cbr\u003e -Archon Fung\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. Citizen Representatives\u003cbr\u003e -Mark E. Warren\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555717345560,"sku":"9780812245141","price":58.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/representation-elections-and-beyond-hardback-9780812245141","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}