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The Concept Of Constituency: Political Representation, Democratic Legitimacy, And Institutional Design (Record no. 616120)
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| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 260227s2026##################000#0#eng## |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780521849845 |
| Paper back/Hardbound | hbk |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 321.8 |
| Item number | REH |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Rehfeld Andrew |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Concept Of Constituency: Political Representation, Democratic Legitimacy, And Institutional Design |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | / Andrew Rehfeld |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge Univ Pr |
| Year of publication | 2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 259p,; |
| Dimensions | 20 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In virtually every democratic nation in the world, political representation is defined by where citizens live. In the United States, for example, Congressional Districts are drawn every 10 years as lines on a map. Why do democratic governments define political representation this way? Are territorial electoral constituencies commensurate with basic principles of democratic legitimacy? And why might our commitments to these principles lead us to endorse a radical alternative: randomly assigning citizens to permanent, single-member electoral constituencies that each looks like the nation they collectively represent? Using the case of the founding period of the United States as an illustration, and drawing from classic sources in Western political theory |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Political History |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Anna Centenary Library | Anna Centenary Library | 3RD FLOOR, B WING | 27.02.2026 | 321.8 REH | 244333 | 27.02.2026 | Reference |