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Rethinking Representation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 December 2003

JANE MANSBRIDGE
JANE MANSBRIDGE
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Harvard University
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Abstract

Along with the traditional “promissory” form of representation, empirical political scientists have recently analyzed several new forms, called here “anticipatory,” “gyroscopic,” and “surrogate” representation. None of these more recently recognized forms meets the criteria for democratic accountability developed for promissory representation, yet each generates a set of normative criteria by which it can be judged. These criteria are systemic, in contrast to the dyadic criteria appropriate for promissory representation. They are deliberative rather than aggregative. They are plural rather than singular.

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American Political Science Review , Volume 97 , Issue 4 , November 2003 , pp. 515 - 528
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