Political Representation

<p>In an ideal democracy representatives would entirely reflect citizens’ views preferences and wishes in their legislative work. However real-life democracies do not meet this ideal and citizens’ policy preferences and priorities are mirrored only inadequately.</p><p>This book provides new insights on political representation. It is guided by three questions: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>what roles should representatives play? </li> <p> </p> <li>Who is actually or should be represented? </li> <p> </p> <li>How are the representatives (or how should they be) connected with the represented? </li> </ul><p>Containing contributions from the perspectives of political theory and philosophy as well as quantitative empirical studies the volume demonstrates the need to adapt these established questions to new political realities.</p><p>This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of political representation and parties political theory democratic theory political philosophy and comparative politics.</p>