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| Political representation: Political representation is the process by which citizens are represented in government. This can happen in a number of ways, including through elections, appointments, and lobbying. Political representatives are responsible for advocating for the interests of their constituents and for making decisions that will benefit the public. See also Democracy, Parliamentary system._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Rawls on Political Representation - Dictionary of Arguments
I 231 Political representation/justice/Rawls: probably the most prominent political inequality arises when the principle of one person - one vote is violated. >Political elections, >Electoral systems. Nevertheless, this principle has not always been self-evident in the past. Most of the authors even denied it. In fact, persons were not even considered to be the actual subjects of representation. Often interests,... I 232 ...were represented. Whigs and Tories argued over whether the aspiring middle classes should be given a place alongside landowners and clergy. For other authors, it is the regions that are represented or cultural forms such as rural versus urban elements(1). At first glance, these forms of political representation seem unfair. >Democracy, >Democracy/Rawls. 1. See J. R. Pole, Political Representation in England and the Origin of the American Republic, London, 1966, pp. 535-537._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Rawl I J. Rawls A Theory of Justice: Original Edition Oxford 2005 |
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