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Includes supplements. ; Includes supplements. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Organ of the Proportional Representation League (called, 1914-1920, American Proportional Representation League). ; The Proportional representation review (v. 1-3) was issued in Chicago from Sept. 1893 to Mar. 1896, when it ceased. In Dec. 1901, it was revived as a department of the Direct legislation record with which it continued till Jan. 1906, when it became the Proportional representation department of the Equity series.

"This volume, offers the thoughts of twenty scholars on the theory, history, and practice of representation. Two developments make a new appraisal of this subject timely. One is the decision of the United States Supreme Court requiring representation to be democratic in the sense of affording every voter an equal voice in government. The other, that some governments that are not democratic, in the sense of having freely competitive political parties, are now,nevertheless, "representative.""--Provided by publisher.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- THE CONCEPT OF REPRESENTATION -- 1 Political Representation: An Overview -- 2 Practical Representation -- 3 Commentary: The Paradox of Representation -- 4 Commentary: Representation and the Problem of Identity -- 5 Two Notes on Representation -- HISTORICAL DISCUSSION -- 6 Modern and Medieval Representation -- 7 An Augustan Debate: Notes on the History of the Idea of Representation -- THE THEORY OF REPRESENTATION -- 8 Electors and Representatives: A Contribution to the Theory of Representation -- 9 Representation, Governmental Stability, and Decisional Effectiveness -- CONSTITUTIONAL DECISIONS AND THE THEORY OF REPRESENTATION -- 10 Representation in Law and Equity -- 11 Black on Representation: A Question -- 12 Political Parties in the Normative Theory of Representation -- 13 Standards for Representative Selection and Apportionment -- 14 Representation Values and Reapportionment Practice: The Eschatology of "One-Man, One-Vote" -- WEIGHTED VOTING AND THE THEORY OF REPRESENTATION -- 15 Weighted Voting: A Mathematical Analysis for Instrumental Judgments -- 16 Weighted Voting and "One-Man, One-Vote" -- EXTRA-ELECTIVE REPRESENTATION -- 17 The Bureaucracy as Representatives -- REPRESENTATION UNDER NONCOMPETITIVE PARTY SYSTEMS -- 18 The Mechanism of Popular Activity in the Exercise of State Authority in People's Poland -- 19 Notes for a Theory of Nondemocratic Representation

What is representation? What does it mean when a politician represents citizens in government? These are just some of the questions which will be answered by David Runciman and Mónica Brito Vieira as they explain why representation should be understood as one of the key concepts in modern politics.

Continued as a department of: Direct legislation record and the proportional representation review. ; "A quarterly magazine, devoted to the reformation of the method of electing representatives." ; Title from cover. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Revived and absorbed Dec. 1901 as part of: Direct legislation record and the proportional representation review.

What is representation? What does it mean when a politician represents citizens in government? How can citizens be represented beyond the boundaries of the nation-state?These are just some of the questions which will be answered by David Runciman and Mónica Brito Vieira as they explain why representation should be understood as one of the key concepts in modern politics. The first part of the book examines the historical roots of the concept of representation, from its origins in ancient Rome through to its role in the revolutionary politics of the modern world. The second looks at different varieties of representation – in law as well as politics. The final part asks how the concept of representation can help us think creatively about current and future challenges facing the world. Representation is too often treated as a secondary or qualifying idea – as in the phrase 'representative democracy'. This book argues that we have this the wrong way round. Representation is the foundational idea in almost all areas of our political life. Making sense of representation in its own terms is crucial for seeing why democracy functions the way it does, and for exploring how it might function differently. David Runciman is University Lecturer in Political Theory at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Mónica Brito Vieira is Research Fellow at New Hall, Cambridge.