The representative system
There are two ways to approach political representation. We can view each type of representation or each site of representation – namely a representative actor or institution – on an individual basis and study its internal dynamics. Alternatively, we can look at how different forms of representation...
- Autores:
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Rey Salamanca, Felipe
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2020
- Institución:
- Universidad El Bosque
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio U. El Bosque
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unbosque.edu.co:20.500.12495/3916
- Acceso en línea:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12495/3916
https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2020.1808761
https://repositorio.unbosque.edu.co
- Palabra clave:
- Democratic theory
Jane mansbridge
Political representation
Representative government
Systems theory
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Acceso abierto
| Summary: | There are two ways to approach political representation. We can view each type of representation or each site of representation – namely a representative actor or institution – on an individual basis and study its internal dynamics. Alternatively, we can look at how different forms of representation and representative actors and institutions interact in a system of representation. In this article, I develop the second view. I make three contributions to the theory of representation from systemic thinking. Methodologically, I explain the contours of a systemic approach to political representation. Descriptively, I propose a definition of a system of representation that captures representative pluralism, distribution of representative work and different levels of representation. Normatively, I set criteria for judging the system of representation and its individual components with systemic criteria. |
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