The Representative Claim

by Michael Saward

Representation is more than a matter of elections and parties. This book offers a radical new perspective on the subject. Representation, it argues, is all around us, a dynamic practise across societies rather than simply a fixed feature of government. At the heart of the argument is the straightforward but versatile notion of the representative claim. People claim to speak or stand for others in multiple, shifting, and surprising patterns. At the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199579385
• ISBN13: 9780199579389
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"