Revisiting the constructivist turn in political representation

European Journal of Political Theory ◽

10.1177/14748851211055951 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 147488512110559

Author(s):

Fabio Wolkenstein

Keyword(s):

Representation Theory ◽

Democratic Theory ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Political Representation ◽

The State ◽

Democratic Representation ◽

New Politics ◽

Theoretical Innovation ◽

Constructivist Approaches

In recent times, representation theory has become one of the most productive and interesting sub-fields in democratic theory. Arguably, the most important theoretical innovation are the so-called ‘constructivist’ approaches to political representation. These approaches play a central role in Creating Political Presence: The New Politics of Democratic Representation and The Constructivist Turn in Political Representation, two impressive volumes that take stock of the state of the art in representation theory. I discuss the two volumes by focusing on three broader and interconnected themes: the problem that constructivism is meant to respond to, the tendency of representation theorists to expand the possibilities of representation as broadly as possible, and the normative aspects of political representation and how constructivists deal with them.

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The “State of the Art” in Empirical Democratic Theory

Mixed Methods in Comparative Politics ◽

10.1057/9781137283375_2 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 14-31

Author(s):

Dirk Berg-Schlosser

Keyword(s):

Democratic Theory ◽

State Of The Art ◽

The State

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Enhancing Political Representation Through the European Economic Constitution? Regressive Politics of Democratic Inclusion

European Constitutional Law Review ◽

10.1017/s1574019619000105 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 194-219

Author(s):

Jussi Jaakkola

Keyword(s):

Market Integration ◽

Political Representation ◽

The State ◽

European Market ◽

Regulatory Competition ◽

Democratic Representation ◽

Political Empowerment ◽

European Economic ◽

Economic Constitution ◽

The Eu

Interrelation between economic and political dimensions of constitutionalism – European market integration and erosion of democratic representation within Member States of the EU – Regulatory externalities between national democracies – European market citizenship and its ramifications for democratically legitimate exercise of the power to tax – Underinclusiveness of domestic democratic process – Political representation beyond the state – European economic constitution as a source of political empowerment and the EU economic freedoms as political rights – The European Court of Justice as a protector of representation – Reinforcing political participation through regulatory competition – European market freedoms enhance representation but at the expense of political equality – Economic freedoms as insufficient means of political empowerment – Improving democratic representation and equality beyond the state requires properly political citizenship instead of mere market rights

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Designing for Feminist Democratic Representation

Feminist Democratic Representation ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190087722.003.0005 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 105-124

Author(s):

Karen Celis

Keyword(s):

Democratic Theory ◽

Design Thinking ◽

Political Representation ◽

Democratic Representation ◽

Design Practices ◽

First Offers ◽

Normative Ideals

Chapter 4 opens the second part of Feminist Democratic Representation. It first offers a discussion of the recent institutional and representational turn in democratic theory. Four ideals are identified that speak to concerns with women’s political representation: (i) democratic representation connects the institutional and the societal, (ii) democratic representation is creative and educative, (iii) democratic representation is deliberative, and (iv) democratic representation unifies and builds trust. These normative ideals are very promising but on their own only go so far. Added to them are the feminist principles of inclusiveness, responsiveness, and egalitarianism. Together these produce the feminist democratic effects that the authors seek. To this end, an introduction is provided to the design thinking and the specificities of the design practices envisaged. Chapter 4 is, therefore, where the authors’ approach is situated within the emerging literature on democratic design.

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Practical Picture Processing

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100051700 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 32 ◽

pp. 338-339

Author(s):

T. A. Welton

Keyword(s):

Radiation Damage ◽

Coherence Length ◽

Spatial Information ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Coherent Radiation ◽

The State ◽

Energy Spread ◽

Electron Micrograph ◽

Picture Processing ◽

Molecular Skeleton

Various authors have emphasized the spatial information resident in an electron micrograph taken with adequately coherent radiation. In view of the completion of at least one such instrument, this opportunity is taken to summarize the state of the art of processing such micrographs. We use the usual symbols for the aberration coefficients, and supplement these with £ and 6 for the transverse coherence length and the fractional energy spread respectively. He also assume a weak, biologically interesting sample, with principal interest lying in the molecular skeleton remaining after obvious hydrogen loss and other radiation damage has occurred.

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