| ID | 147242 |
| Title Proper | Systemic representation |
| Other Title Information | democracy, deliberation, and nonelectoral representatives |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | KUYPER, JONATHAN W |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article explores the relationship between non-electoral representatives and democratic legitimacy by combining the recent constructivist turn in political representation with systemic work in deliberative theory. Two core arguments are advanced. First, non-electoral representatives should be judged by their position in a wider democratic system. Second, deliberative democracy offers a productive toolkit by which to evaluate these agents. I develop a framework of systemic representation which depicts the elemental parts of a democratic system and assigns normative standards according to the space occupied. The framework gives priority of democratic analysis to the systemic level. This helps mitigate a central concern in the constructivist turn which suggests that representatives mobilize constituencies in ways that are susceptible to framing and manipulation. I engage in case-study analysis of the collapsed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement to unpack the different spaces occupied by non-electoral representative and elucidate the varied democratic demands that hinge on this positioning. |
| `In' analytical Note | American Political Science Review Vol. 110, No.2; May 2016: p.308-324 |
| Journal Source | American Political Science Review 2016-06 110, 2 |
| Key Words | Democracy ; Deliberation ; Systemic Representation ; Nonelectoral Representatives |