Representative Turn : New Way of Thinking about the Relationship between Representation and Democracy

• Authors: Markéta Mottlová
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The three reviewed books constitute part of a representative turn that attempts to restore the value of representation to democracy in changed circumstances under which representative democracy operates, such as the rise of new actors (non-governmental organizations, social movements), non-electoral forms of representation or the existence of representatives beyond boundaries of the nation-state. I argue that the authors of representative turn manage to respond to current challenges by conceptualizing representation as a dynamic process of making and receiving representative claims that include new forms of representation while still keeping a significant role of traditional formal representative institutions.

Keywords

EN

democracy; interests; judgement; NGOs; epresentation; representative turn; will

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 65
• Issue: Special Issue 1
• Pages: 113-121
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Markéta Mottlová

• Filosofický časopis, redakce, Filosofický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic