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Political representation

Political representation is the activity of making citizens "present" in public policy-making processes when political actors act in the best interest of citizens according to Hanna Pitkin's Concept of Representation (1967).

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Views of political representation

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Units of representation

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Types of representation

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Models of representation

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Views of political representation

Units of representation

Models of representation

Types of representation

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Political representation

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related to Views of political representation · 16
Political representation → Anticipatory, Descriptive, Finally, For Mansbridge, Hanna Fenichel Pitkin, Hence, In, Jane Mansbridge, Mansbridge, On, Pitkin, Promissory, Representatives, Surrogate, The, Under
related to External links · 11
Political representation → Analysis, Arizona State University, Chisholm, Encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica, Hugh, Philosophy, Representation, Suzanne Dovi, US, Vol
see also · 2
Political representation → Apportionment, RepresentationRepresentative
is a · 1
Political representation → activity of making citizens

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representation representatives political represent representative substantive elected descriptive may people interests act democratic voters party views delegate model groups trustee

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Political representationis aactivity of making citizens0.90text
first-past-the-post votinginstance ofWhile under winner-take-all systems0.80text
the member is said to represent all the residents in the district where he was elected.Representatives may be viewed as individuals who have been authorized to act on the behalf of othersinstance ofWhile under winner-take-all systems0.80text
or may alternatively be viewed as being held to account by those they are representinginstance ofWhile under winner-take-all systems0.80text
social groupsinstance ofPolitical representation can happen along different units0.80text
areainstance ofPolitical representation can happen along different units0.80text
and there are different types of representation such as substantive representationinstance ofPolitical representation can happen along different units0.80text
descriptive representationinstance ofPolitical representation can happen along different units0.80text
the working class or women to its full potential you must be part of that social group yourselfinstance ofthey argue that to represent a group of people0.80text
Political representationrelated to External linksAnalysis0.60section
Political representationrelated to External linksUS0.60section
Political representationrelated to External linksArizona State University0.60section

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    Political representation

    Nodes42
    Edges41
    Triples38
    Avg. degree1.95
    Density0.047619
    Components1
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