The Representative Claim

Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Remainders and opportunities: recent theories of political representation

    THE JIGSAW AND THE ENCLOSURE:PITKIN'S PICTORIAL TABLEAUX
    RECENT INNOVATIONS IN THE THEORYOF REPRESENTATION
    CONCLUSION

Mapping the representative claim

    THE BASIC FORM OF THE REPRESENTATIVE CLAIM
    UNDERLYING PERSPECTIVES: REPRESENTATIONAS PRESENCE AND AS EVENT
    THE ELEMENTS OF THE REPRESENTATIVE CLAIM
    THE MAKERS OF REPRESENTATIONS
    THE MAKER—SUBJECT—OBJECT RELATION
    AUDIENCE AND CONSTITUENCY
    CONCLUSION

Variations and resources

    KEY LINES OF VARIATION OFREPRESENTATIVE CLAIMS
        Singular—multiple
        Particular—general
        Implicit—explicit
        Internal—external
        Formal—informal
        Unidirectionality—multidirectionality
    PERFORMANCE AND REPRESENTATIVE CLAIMS
    REPRESENTATIVE ROLES AND RESOURCESFOR CLAIMS
    POLITICAL REPRESENTATIONS: ELECTORAL,AESTHETIC, AND CULTURAL
    MAKING REPRESENTATIONS: IDENTITYAND PARTIALITY
        Identity
        Partiality
        The ubiquity of representation
    CONCLUSION

The elected and the unelected

    ELECTIVE REPRESENTATION:POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITS
        Choice and consent
        Identification
        All-affectedness and unity
        Control and accountability
    NONELECTIVE REPRESENTATION?
    NONELECTIVE REPRESENTATIVE CLAIMS
    "DEEPER ROOTS" REPRESENTATIVE CLAIMS
        Deep group morality and ties of tradition
        Hypothetical consent
        Permanent interests
    "EXPERTISE AND SPECIAL CREDENTIALS"REPRESENTATIVE CLAIMS
        Specialist expertise
    "WIDER INTERESTS AND NEW VOICES"REPRESENTATIVE CLAIMS
        Surrogacy for wider interests
        The word from the street
        Mirroring
        Stakeholding
        Extraterritorial rules and laws
        Self-representation
    THE RECEPTION OF NONELECTIVEREPRESENTATIVE CLAIMS
    CONNECTION
        Does the claimant occupy a position in the lineof democratic delegation?
        Is the claim embedded in a larger democratic system?
        Is a representative claim made by an actor who is "locked into"a tight or dense network of organizational or other like ties?
    INDEPENDENCE
        Is the claim mounted independently of formalelection processes?
        Is the claim disconnected from a state apparatus?
    CONCLUSION

Debates and interventions

    GREEN POLITICAL THEORY AND THE CHALLENGE TO REPRESENTATION
    THE SUBSTANTIVE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN
        Representing — who, where, and how?
    POLITICAL PARTIES
        Ideal-type I — popular claims
        Ideal-type 2 — statal claims
        Ideal-type 3 — reflexive claims
        Taking stock
    CONCLUSION

Representation, legitimacy, and democracy

    EXPANDING THE FIELD: SOCIETY, STATE,AND REPRESENTATION
    DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMACY AND REPRESENTATIVE CLAIMS
        The appropriate constituency
        Acceptance acts
        Time, provisionality, and interpretation
        Circumstances and conditions of judgment
        Judging claims — a reflection
    REVISITING DEMOCRACY
        Breaking the direct-representative distinction
        Representation as the first-best option
        Representation as a systemic phenomenon
        Institutionalizing "complex representation"
        Citizen representation — and the open society?

Notes

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    CHAPTER 6

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