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Cover -- Representation and Community in Western Democracies -- Contents -- Notes on the Contributors -- 1 The Changing Context of Representation -- 2 Representing Communities: Who and What? -- 3 Representativeness and Local Politics in Denmark -- 4 Representation under Strain: the British Experience -- 5 Representativeness and Deliberative Politics -- 6 Communities, Parties and Crises of Representation -- 7 Community Politics: Ideals, Myths and Realities -- 8 Representation and Governance: Redefining Roles for Large Council-Manager Cities in the United States -- 9 Representational Roles and Institutionalism: the Case of the French Regions -- 10 Opportunities, Constraints and 'the Right to Represent' -- Index.

Cover; Sage history page; Half title page; Full title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Marketing page; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Seven Decades of Republic; CHAPTER 2 Options and Alternatives; CHAPTER 3 Good Governance, Not Rhetoric; CHAPTER 4 Pillars of the Republic; CHAPTER 5 Facilitators and Destabilisers; CHAPTER 6 Rights Regime; CHAPTER 7 Could There Be a Formula to Go About?; CHAPTER 8 Big Change with Citizen Initiatives; Index; About the Author

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