{"product_id":"representation-9780812245141","title":"Representation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing twelve essays that engage with national, provincial, and municipal governments across three continents, Representation examines the core elements and challenges of fair, effective political institutions, providing an invaluable roadmap to better democratic representation in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405721936215,"sku":"9780812245141","price":67.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812245141.jpg?v=1730493390","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/representation-9780812245141","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}