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Representation and Community in Western Democracies

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Nirmala Rao

    1. Goldsmiths’ College, University of London, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. The Changing Context of Representation

    • Nirmala Rao
    Pages 1-9

  3. Representing Communities: Who and What?

    • Mike Goldsmith
    Pages 10-23

  4. Representativeness and Local Politics in Denmark

    • Ulrik Kjaer
    Pages 24-50

  5. Representation under Strain: the British Experience

    • Nirmala Rao
    Pages 51-67

  6. Representativeness and Deliberative Politics

    • Jacob Aars, Audun Offerdal
    Pages 68-92

  7. Communities, Parties and Crises of Representation

    • Colin Copus
    Pages 93-113

  8. Community Politics: Ideals, Myths and Realities

    • John Meadowcroft
    Pages 114-137

  9. Representation and Governance: Redefining Roles for Large Council-Manager Cities in the United States

    • James H. Svara
    Pages 138-166

  10. Representational Roles and Institutionalism: the Case of the French Regions

    • Olivier Nay
    Pages 167-193

  11. Opportunities, Constraints and ‘the Right to Represent’

    • Ken Young
    Pages 194-216

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 217-225
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This book of critical essays explores new thinking and new evidence on the role of locally-elected representatives in Western democracies. The book is topical in the light of the intense political and popular interest in the problems of making local government representative and responsive. The contributors, drawn from the UK, US, France, Denmark and Norway, deal with two principal themes: political recruitment and representativeness; and the processes of political representation, and highlight the dilemmas of open and accessible local government.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Goldsmiths’ College, University of London, UK

    Nirmala Rao

About the editor

JACOB AARS Researcher at SEFOS, University of Bergen, Norway COLIN COPUS Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Wolverhampton Business School MIKE GOLDSMITH Professor of Government and Politics and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Salford ULRIK KJAER Ph.D. Scholar JOHN MEADOWCROFT University of London OLIVIER NAY Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, Bordeaux University AUDUN OFFERDAL Professor, Department of Administration and Organisational Theory, University of Bergen JAMES H. SVARA Head of Department of Political Science and Public Administration, North Carolina State University KEN YOUNG Professor of Politics, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London

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