What makes representative constructivism democratic?
This article connects J. S. Mill’s democratic theory and practice with the contemporary debate surrounding representative constructivism and argues that Mill’s advocacy of female suffrage affords an empirical example of the mobilization power of representative constructivism. Studying this concrete...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) |
| Repositorio: | Peri |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.sites.ufsc.br:article/3058 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://ojs.sites.ufsc.br/index.php/peri/article/view/3058 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | representative constructivism descriptive representation John Stuart Mill female suffrage |
| Resumo: | This article connects J. S. Mill’s democratic theory and practice with the contemporary debate surrounding representative constructivism and argues that Mill’s advocacy of female suffrage affords an empirical example of the mobilization power of representative constructivism. Studying this concrete example of constructivism alongside Mill’s theory of political representation clarifies that constructivism is democratic to the extent it seeks to make citizens themselves appropriate and contest the claims that their representatives construct on their behalf. |
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