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Record Nr.

UNINA9910367627403321

Autore

Slootjes Daniëlle

Titolo

New Perspectives on Power and Political Representation from Ancient History to the Present Day : Repertoires of Representation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : BRILL, , 2019

©2019

ISBN

90-04-29196-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (218 pages)

Collana

Radboud Studies in Humanities.

Altri autori (Persone)

KaalHarm

Disciplina

321.809

Soggetti

Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Repertoires of representation / Harm Kaal and Danielle Slootjes -- Emperors and councillors : imperial representation between Republic and Empire / Olivier Hekster -- Politics of access at the court of the caliph / Maaike van Berkel -- Representative bodies in medieval religious orders : a discarded legacy? / Bert Roest -- The political rhetoric of capitals : Rome and Versailles in the Baroque period, or the "Power of Place" / Peter Rietbergen -- Repertoires of access in princely courts, 1400-1750 / Dries Raeymaekers and Sebastiaan Derks -- The image of Prime Minister Colijn : public visualisation of political leadership in the 1930s / Marij Leenders and Joris Gijsenbergh -- Postwar popular politics : integrating the voice of the people in postwar political history / Harm Kaal and Vincent van de Griend -- Majdan : presence and political representation in post-communist Ukraine / Wim van Meurs and Olga Morozova -- Regulation without representation? Independent regulatory authorities and representative claim-making in the Netherlands, 1997-now / Adriejan van Veen.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume examines modes of political communication between rulers and ruled from antiquity to the present by applying the concept of representation. It explores the dynamic relationship between elites and the people which is shaped by self-representation and representative claims. Readership: All scholars and students interested in the phenomenon of political representation, from antiquity to the present day.