Representation and democratic theory / edited by David Laycock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Laycock, David H., 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Representative government and representation.

Democracy.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

xxii, 281 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, [2004]

Contents:

Part 1 Representation in Response to Minority Rights, Multiculturalism, and Institutional Complexity

1 When (if Ever) Are Referendums on Minority Rights Fair? / Avigail Eisenberg 3

2 Language, Representation, and Suprastate Democracy: Questions Facing the European Union / Peter Ives 23

3 Getting to Yes: People, Practices, and the Paradox of Multicultural Democracy / Catherine Frost 48

4 Feminist Engagement with Federal Institutions: Opportunities and Constraints for Women's Multilevel Citizenship / Louise Chappell 65

Part 2 Reconceiving Representation through Citizenship and Community

5 Sharing the River: Aboriginal Representation in Canadian Political Institutions / Melissa S. Williams 93

6 The Self-Government of Unbounded Communities: Emancipatory Minority Autonomy in China and Western Europe / Susan J. Henders 119

7 What Do Citizens Need to Share? Citizenship as Reasonableness / Jonathan Quong 141

Part 3 Pluralist, Deliberative, and Participatory Challenges to Representation

8 The New Constitutionalism and the Polarizing Performance of the Canadian Conversation / Gerald Kernerman 161

9 Demanding Deliberative Democracy and Representation / Greg Pyrcz 179

10 What Can Democratic Participation Mean Today? / Mark E. Warren 197

11 Representing Pluralism: A Comment on Pyrcz, Warren, and Kernerman / Simone Chambers 220.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0774810785 :

OCLC:

54082014