The Blue Guitar: Political Representation and Community

by Nancy L. Schwartz

Book Overview

Americans conceive of the process of political representation as operating like a "transmission belt." Elections convey citizens' preferences unchanged into the legislative assembly and thereby allow them to participate, through their representatives, in the political affairs of the nation. This conception stands firmly in the tradition of liberal thought, as does much theory about political representation. In that tradition, government is defined...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226742377
• ISBN13: 9780226742373
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"