LEADER 05794nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910463232703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8122-0817-X 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812208177 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418234 035 $a(OCoLC)856412780 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748502 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001035859 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11601621 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001035859 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11041002 035 $a(PQKB)11061869 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442113 035 $a(OCoLC)867739574 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27252 035 $a(DE-B1597)449774 035 $a(OCoLC)861665563 035 $a(OCoLC)956787089 035 $a(OCoLC)979623424 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812208177 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442113 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748502 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682600 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418234 100 $a20121010d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aRepresentation$b[electronic resource] $eelections and beyond /$fedited by Jack H. Nagel and Rogers M. Smith 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (348 p.) 225 0 $aDemocracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism 225 0$aDemocracy, citizenship, and constitutionalism 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-51318-X 311 $a0-8122-4514-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tI. Representation Through Elections --$tIntroduction: The Multiplying Challenges Of Modern Representation /$rSmith, Rogers M. / Nagel, Jack H. --$tChapter 1. Evaluating U.S. Electoral Institutions in Comparative Perspective /$rBlais, André --$tChapter 2. Are American Elections Sufficiently Democratic? --$tChapter 3. Barriers to Voting in the Twenty- First Century /$rKeyssar, Alexander --$tChapter 4. Uneven Democracy: Turnout, Minority Interests, and Local Government Spending /$rHajnal, Zoltan / Trounstine, Jessica --$tChapter 5. Fairness and Bias in Electoral Systems /$rMcGann, Anthony --$tChapter 6. Political Party Organizations, Civic Representation, and Participation /$rKernell, Georgia --$tPart II. Representation Beyond Elections --$tChapter 7. The Paradox of Voting- for Republicans: Economic In e quality, Political Organization, and the American Voter /$rHacker, Jacob S. / Pierson, Paul --$tChapter 8. A Democratic Balance: Bureaucracy, Political Parties, and Political Representation /$rChhibber, Pradeep / Ostermann, Susan L. --$tChapter 9. The Closing of the Frontier: Political Blogs, the 2008 Election, and the Online Public Sphere /$rHindman, Matthew --$tChapter 10. The Technological Basis of Organizational Membership: Representation of Interests in the New Media Age /$rKarpf, David --$tChapter 11. The Principle of Affected Interests: An Interpretation and Defense /$rFung, Archon --$tChapter 12. Citizen Representatives /$rWarren, Mark E. --$tNotes --$tContributors --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aIn any democracy, the central problem of governance is how to inform, organize, and represent the opinions of the public in order to advance three goals: popular control over leaders, equality among citizens, and competent governance. In most political analyses, voting is emphasized as the central and essential process in achieving these goals. Yet democratic representation encompasses a great deal more than voter beliefs and behavior and, indeed, involves much more than the machinery of elections. Democracy requires government agencies that respond to voter decisions, a civil society in which powerful organized interests do not dominate all others, and communication systems that permit divergent voices to be heard. Representation: Elections and Beyond brings together leading international scholars from a wide range of disciplines to explore the twenty-first-century innovations-in voting laws and practices, in electoral systems, in administrative, political, and civil organizations, and in communication processes and new technologies-that are altering how we understand democratic representation. Featuring twelve essays that engage with national, provincial, and municipal governments across three continents, this volume tackles traditional core elements of democratic representation, such as voting, electoral systems, and political parties, while also underscoring the ways in which beliefs and preferences of citizens are influenced, expressed, and aggregated and the effects of those methods and practices on political agendas and policy outcomes. In pinpointing deficiencies in contemporary democratic practices and possibilities for reform, Representation provides an invaluable roadmap to improve democratic representation in the twenty-first century. Contributors: André Blais, Pradeep Chhibber, Archon Fung, Jacob Hacker, Zoltan Hajnal, Matthew Hindman, David Karpf, Georgia Kernell, Alexander Keyssar, Anthony McGann, Susan Ostermann, Paul Pierson, Dennis Thompson, Jessica Trounstine, Mark E. Warren. 606 $aPolitical participation$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aElections$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical participation$xHistory 615 0$aElections$xHistory 676 $a324.6/3 701 $aNagel$b Jack H$01053504 701 $aSmith$b Rogers M.$f1953-$0323185 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463232703321 996 $aRepresentation$92485418 997 $aUNINA