Voice, Trust, and Memory: Marginalized Groups and the Failings of Liberal RepresentationPrinceton University Press, 11. mai 2021 - 330 sider 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. |
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... Woman Suffrage and the Representation of “ Woman's Point of View ” 1. Women's Claim to Individual Equality II . “ Woman's Point of View ” : The Distinctive Virtue of Womanhood III . The Functional Advantages of " Woman's Point of View ...
... women's candidacies in the 1992 elections , and many female candidates were successful . ? The mobilization of women's political organizations such as Emily's List and the Fund for the Feminist Majority supported these campaigns , and ...
... women and minorities , we have yet to articulate a complete and coherent theory of fair representation for marginalized groups that can justify those intuitions . My aim in this book is to offer such a theory . I. Problems with Group ...
... woman , therefore represents the interests or perspectives of women generally , or that an African American representative is automatically representative of all African Americans . The mere presence of members of marginalized groups in ...
... women do not or cannot influence elections , they may still influence legislative policy through the interest - group process . On this view , fair representation does not require attention to the identity of those who sit in the ...
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Liberal Equality and Liberal Representation | 57 |
Three | 83 |
Beyond Liberal Representation to Group | 102 |
Four | 116 |
Five | 149 |
Seven | 203 |
Conclusion | 236 |
Notes | 245 |
Bibliography | 303 |
Index | 319 |
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