Contested Representation: Challenges, Shortcomings and Reforms

ISBN-13: 9781009267724 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Opis

This volume analyses the crisis of democratic representation in liberal democracies and offers reforms for representative institutions.

Recenzje

'This captivating volume joins rigorous empirical scholarship with cutting-edge theory on democratic representation to plumb leading challenges confronting mass democracies worldwide. Staging a rare dialogue among diverse approaches, this volume achieves something rarer still. It inspires hope for democratic innovation.' Lisa Disch, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Spis treści

1. Introduction Claudia Landwehr, Thomas Saalfeld and Armin Schäfer; Part I. The Contested Idea of Political Representation: 2. Democratic Representation, Contestation and Institutional Reform Claudia Landwehr; 3. Deliberative Minipublics and the Populist Conception of Representation as Embodiment Cristina Lafont; 4.Protest and the Will of the People in a Representative Democracy Daniel Gillion; 5. Evolving Dilemmas: Representative Democracy in the European Union Guri Rosen; 6. Progress and Failure in Achieving Equal Representation: Understanding Women's Office Holding by Party in the US Melody Crowder-Meyer; Part II. Representation and Responsiveness in Unequal Societies: 7. Reconsidering Representation: How the Same Data Can Produce Divergent Conclusions about the Quality of Democratic Responsiveness in the United States Peter K. Enns; 8. Party Politics or Public Opinion? Unequal Responsiveness of Policy-making Reconsidered Marius R. Busemeyer; 9. Unequal Representation and the Right-Wing Populist Vote in Europe Svenja Hense and Armin Schäfer; 10. What Do Voters Think About the Descriptive Underrepresentation of the Working Class? Nicholas Carnes and Noam Lupu; Part III. Polarization, New Cleavages and Shifts in Democratic Government: 11. Policy and Politics in Disjuncture Jane Gingrich and Ben Ansell; 12. The Effect of Polarization on Cabinet Formation and Termination in European Democracies, 1945–2019 Henning Bergmann and Thomas Saalfeld; 13. Is Populism a Threat or a Chance for Representative Democracy? Michael Zürn; Part IV. Constitutional Crisis and Institutional Reform: 14. Deliberative Innovations and the (Re-) Inclusion of Disadvantaged and Disaffected Citizens André Bächtiger and Vanessa Schwaiger; 15. Electoral Democracies and Democratic Innovations: An Agenda Mark E. Warren.