Contents - Introduction; The Problem of Thomas Hobbes; Formalistic Views of Representation; 'Standing For' - Descriptive Representation; 'Standing For' - Symbolic Representation; Representing as 'Acting For' - The Analogies; The Mandate ...
How do the rule of law and political representation relate to each other? I answer this question, hitherto neglected by rule-of-law scholars, taking my cue
there is considerable persistent confusion about the concept of a concept and particularly about the relationship between words and concepts. Even in a work as analytically astute and sensitive to language as Hanna Pitkin’s valuable and influentialThe Concept of Representation...
1983, p. 291). Arendt (1970) considers “power corresponds to the human ability not just to act but to act in concert” (p. 44). Taking Arendt’s argument forward, Pitkin (1972) suggests “that power
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representation. A leader who accurately represents their constituents has the potential to amplify the voices and experiences of marginalised communities within the political sphere (Pitkin,1967). Likewise, “mirroring” can be viewed as a subtype of representative claims, wherein representatives emphasise...
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When the idea of ‘the social’ appeared, it represented a break with all religions, all transcendent orders; it had a certain radicalism, in so far as it was linked to society in action and the conflicts that emerged from history. And then ‘the social’ became an absolutist concept—even...
Since the turn of the millennium, many countries across Europe have taken legislative action to increase gender equality in the fields of economy, family and politics. Equal pay policies, corporate board quotas, parental leave reforms and electoral gender quotas have brought innovations to the gender...