• DOI:10.1111/J.1467-9477.2004.00109.X
Corpus ID: 154048078

Representation and Democracy: Uneasy Alliance

@article{Pitkin2004RepresentationAD,
  title={Representation and Democracy: Uneasy Alliance},
  author={H. Pitkin},
  journal={Scandinavian Political Studies},
  year={2004},
  volume={27},
  pages={335-342}
}

• H. Pitkin
• Published 2004
• Political Science
• Scandinavian Political Studies

The concept of ‘representation’ is puzzling not because it lacks a central definition, but because that definition implies a paradox (being present and yet not present) and is too general to help reconcile the word's many senses with their sometimes conflicting implications. Representation has a problematic relationship with democracy, with which it is often thoughtlessly equated. The two ideas have different, even conflicting, origins. Democracy came from ancient Greece and was won through… Expand

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