The Concepts of Representation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3209583 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Rehfeld (Washington University in St. Louis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 631-641 |
| Publication date | 2011-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003055411000190 |
| OpenAlex | W2142850858 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 50 |
| References cited | 34 |
In this reply to Jane Mansbridge's "Clarifying the Concept of Representation" in this issue (American Political Science Review 2011). I argue that our main disagreements are conceptual, and are traceable to the attempt to treat the concept of representation as a "single highly complex concept" as Hanna Pitkin once put it. Instead, I argue, it would be more useful to develop the various concepts that emphasize the underlying forms of representation. Against the view that empirical regularity should guide concept formation, I suggest that the failure to find instances of the cases I conceptualize is not itself a reason to reject them. Instead, I argue in favor of concepts that emphasize one side or other of a relationship, rather than treating both sides simultaneously, defending the view that "promissory" and "anticipatory" may usefully describe the activity of "representing" but ought to emphasize only one side of the representative-voter relationship. I also explain why adding substantive accounts of representation to any of Mansbridge's modifying concepts dilutes their practical value. I conclude by indicating the importance of developing concepts that stretch beyond the democratic contexts that feature prominently in her response
Democracy · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
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Word from the street’
Representation as practice
Performing the demos
On Representing
Creating a European Demos? The Representativeness of European Umbrella Organisations
Partisan and Ideological Bias Among the Attentive Public
Gender and parliamentary activity
How limited representativeness weakens throughput legitimacy in the EU
Explaining the political under-representation of Asian Australians
The political representation of ethnic minorities in the Netherlands
Will vs. Reason
People Haven't Had Enough of Experts
La participación de los pueblos indígenas en la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático. De actores "tradicionales" a actores frente al Antropoceno
Participatory Representation in a Non-Western Context
Agreeing to Disagree
How Not to Talk Past Each Other
Democratic representation and democratic sanctions
Multilayered Representation
Local Resident Activism and Unofficial Political Representation
Gender Representation in Expert Advisory Bodies
The Ethics of Legislative Vote Trading
Organizations and the Democratic Representation of Interests
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Trilogues in Council
The value of political parties to representative democracy
Trustees, Delegates, and Responsiveness in Comparative Perspective
It Takes a Village
Multidimensional Representation
The EU, the IMF, and the Representative Turn
Engineering Representation in A Single-Party Regime
Representação política como congruência entre as preferências dos cidadãos e as políticas públicas
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The Character Sketch, the Aesthetics of Representativeness, and Rip Van Winkle's Electoral Double Vision
The Limits of Political Representation
Shape-Shifting Representation
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Voice, Trust, and Memory
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Fear of Knowledge
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The Politics of Presence
A “Selection Model” of Political Representation
Extremism in the Defense of Moderation
Peasants or Bankers? The American Electorate and the U.S. Economy
Fact, fiction, and forecast
The Democratic Legitimacy of Self-Appointed Representatives
Accountability in an Unequal World
Towards a General Theory of Political Representation
What Makes a Concept Good? A Criterial Framework for Understanding Concept Formation in the Social Sciences
Rehfeld's Hyper-Madisonianism
The Representational Consequences of a Random National Constituency
Representation as Advocacy
The Representative Claim
The Concept of Representation in Contemporary Democratic Theory
Social Science Concepts
Rethinking Representation
The Role of the Representative
Clarifying the Concept of Representation
Dynamic Representation
Representation Rethought
Toward a Mobilization Conception of Democratic Representation
| Unique citing works | 50 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,57 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 47 |