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Parliament the mirror of the nation : representation, deliberation, and democracy in Victorian Britain
- Title
- Parliament the mirror of the nation : representation, deliberation, and democracy in Victorian Britain / Gregory Conti.
- Author
- Conti, Gregory, 1987-
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2019]
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- xi, 408 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "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"--
- Series Statement
- Ideas in context
- Uniform Title
- Ideas in context.
- Subject
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons > History > 19th century
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
- 1800-1901
- Representative government and representation > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Proportional representation > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Democracy > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Political culture > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Democracy
- Political culture
- Politics and government
- Proportional representation
- Representative government and representation
- Great Britain > Politics and government > 1837-1901
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Diversity 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-10396
- ISBN
- 9781108428736
- 1108428738
- 9781108646109 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018048307
- OCLC
- 1055261600
- Author
- Conti, Gregory, 1987- author.
- Title
- Parliament the mirror of the nation : representation, deliberation, and democracy in Victorian Britain / Gregory Conti.
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Ideas in contextIdeas in context.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1901
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9781108646109
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-10396