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- catalog abstract "Does fair political representation for historically disadvantaged groups require their presence in legislative bodies? The intuition that women are best represented by women, and African Americans by other African Americans, has deep historical roots. Yet the conception of fair representation that prevails in American political culture and jurisprudence - what Melissa Williams calls "liberal representation"--Concludes that the social identity of legislative representatives does not bear on their quality as representatives. Liberal representation's slogan, "one person, one vote," concludes that the outcome of the electoral and legislative process is fair, whatever it happens to be, so long as no voter is systematically excluded. Challenging this notion, Williams maintains that fair representation is powerfully affected by the identity of legislators and whether some of them are actually members of the historically marginalized groups that are most in need of protection in our society.".
- catalog contributor b10882768.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Challenging this notion, Williams maintains that fair representation is powerfully affected by the identity of legislators and whether some of them are actually members of the historically marginalized groups that are most in need of protection in our society.".
- catalog description "Does fair political representation for historically disadvantaged groups require their presence in legislative bodies? The intuition that women are best represented by women, and African Americans by other African Americans, has deep historical roots. Yet the conception of fair representation that prevails in American political culture and jurisprudence - what Melissa Williams calls "liberal representation"--Concludes that the social identity of legislative representatives does not bear on their quality as representatives. Liberal representation's slogan, "one person, one vote," concludes that the outcome of the electoral and legislative process is fair, whatever it happens to be, so long as no voter is systematically excluded.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-317) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Voice, Trust, and Memory 1. Representation as Mediation 2. Liberal Equality and Liberal Representation 3. The Supreme Court, Voting Rights, and Representation 4. Voice: Woman Suffrage and the Representation of "Woman's Point of View" 5. Trust: The Racial Divide and Black Rights during Reconstruction 6. Memory: The Claims of History in Group Recognition 7. The Institutions of Fair Representation Conclusion: Descriptive Representation with a Difference.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 329 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0691037140 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0691057389".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog subject "328.73/07347 21".
- catalog subject "Equality.".
- catalog subject "Ethnic groups Political activity.".
- catalog subject "Fairness.".
- catalog subject "JF1061 .W55 1998".
- catalog subject "Minorities Political activity.".
- catalog subject "Representative government and representation.".
- catalog subject "Women Political activity.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Voice, Trust, and Memory 1. Representation as Mediation 2. Liberal Equality and Liberal Representation 3. The Supreme Court, Voting Rights, and Representation 4. Voice: Woman Suffrage and the Representation of "Woman's Point of View" 5. Trust: The Racial Divide and Black Rights during Reconstruction 6. Memory: The Claims of History in Group Recognition 7. The Institutions of Fair Representation Conclusion: Descriptive Representation with a Difference.".
- catalog title "Voice, trust, and memory : marginalized groups and the failings of liberal representation / Melissa S. Williams.".
- catalog type "text".