Making constituencies : rethinking political representation as mobilization in mass democracy / Lisa Jane Disch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Disch, Lisa Jane, author.

Series:

Chicago scholarship online.

Chicago scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Representative government and representation.

Democracy.

Political participation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2022.

Summary:

Since the turn of the twenty-first century, the idea of a divided United States has become commonplace. In the wake of the 2020 election, some commentators warned that the American public was the most divided it has been since the Civil War. 'Making Constituencies' proposes a new theory of representation as mobilization to argue that divisions like these are not inherent in society, but created, and political representatives of all kinds forge and deploy them to cultivate constituencies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. In Defense of Mobilization

Chapter 2. From the Bedrock Norm to the Constituency Paradox

Chapter 3. Can the Realist Remain a Democrat?

Chapter 4. Realism for Democrats

Chapter 5. Manipulation

Chapter 6. Debating Constructivism and Democracy in 1970s France

Chapter 7. Radical Democracy and the Value of Plurality

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 4, 2022).

ISBN:

9780226804477

022680447X

OCLC:

1267762104