Representation : elections and beyond / edited by Jack H. Nagel and Rogers M. Smith.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Nagel, Jack H.
• Smith, Rogers M., 1953-

Series:

• Democracy, citizenship, and constitutionalism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Political participation--United States--History--21st century.
• Elections--United States--History--21st century.
• Elections.
• History.
• Political participation.
• United States.

Physical Description:

vi, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]

Contents:

• I Representation Through Elections 13
• Chapter 1 Evaluating U.S. Electoral Institutions in Comparative Perspective / André Blais Blais, André 15
• Chapter 2 Are American Elections Sufficiently Democratic? / Dennis F. Thompson Thompson, Dennis F. 26
• Chapter 3 Barriers to Voting in the Twenty-First Century / Alexander Keyssar Keyssar, Alexander 39
• Chapter 4 Uneven Democracy: Turnout, Minority Interests, and Local Government Spending / Zoltan Hajnal Hajnal, Zoltan, Jessica Trounstine Trounstine, Jessica 59
• Chapter 5 Fairness and Bias in Electoral Systems / Anthony McGann McGann, Anthony 90
• Chapter 6 Political Party Organizations, Civic Representation, and Participation / Georgia Kernell Kernell, Georgia 114
• II Representation Beyond Elections 137
• Chapter 7 The Paradox of Voting-for Republicans: Economic Inequality, Political Organization, and the American Voter / Jacob S. Hacker Hacker, Jacob S., Paul Pierson Pierson, Paul 139
• Chapter 8 A Democratic Balance: Bureaucracy, Political Parties, and Political Representation / Pradeep Chhibber Chhibber, Pradeep, Susan L. Ostermann Ostermann, Susan L. 166
• Chapter 9 The Closing of the Frontier: Political Blogs, the 2008 Election, and the Online Public Sphere / Matthew Hindman Hindman, Matthew 192
• Chapter 10 The Technological Basis of Organizational Membership: Representation of Interests in the New Media Age / Dave Karpf Karpf, Dave 215
• Chapter 11 The Principle of Affected Interests: An Interpretation and Defense / Archon Fung Fung, Archon 236
• Chapter 12 Citizen Representatives / Mark E. Warren Warren, Mark E. 269.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9780812245141
• 0812245148

OCLC:

815043691