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020 _a9781108428736 (alk. paper)
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050 0 0 _aJN543
_b.C66 2019
082 0 0 _a328.4107209034
_223
_bCON.P
100 1 _aConti, Gregory,
_d1987-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aParliament the mirror of the nation :
_brepresentation, deliberation, and democracy in Victorian Britain /
_cGregory Conti.
263 _a1903
264 1 _aCambridge ;
_aNew York, NY :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c[2019]
300 _a408 pages
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aIdeas in context
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aDiversity without democracy, the theory of the variety of suffrages, part one : institutions and sociologies -- Diversity without democracy, the theory of the variety of suffrages, part two : values and criticisms -- Democracy, diversity, and contestability : democracy against the variety of suffrages -- Diversity with democracy? Proportional representation, part one : concepts and techniques -- Diversity with democracy? Proportional representation, part two : the debate on PR's moral and political effects.
520 _a"In contemporary politics and political theory, democracy is often associated with descriptive representation. Whether it goes under this name or such cognate labels as the "politics of presence," "indicative" representation, or simply "group" representation, it has become commonplace to treat concern about the presence of a range of social groups in legislatures and other institutions as intrinsic to a commitment to democracy itself. Today, anxieties about a "democratic deficit" often stem from a complaint that the composition of political bodies does not reflect the important divisions within society at-large"--
_cProvided by publisher.
610 1 0 _aGreat Britain.
_bParliament.
_bHouse of Commons
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aRepresentative government and representation
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aProportional representation
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aDemocracy
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aPolitical culture
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y19th century.
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xPolitics and government
_y1837-1901.
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