The concept of representation / Hanna Fenichel Pitkin.
This book arises out of Hannah Pitkin's doctoral dissertation and is considered by political scientists to be the gold standard in terms of a philosophical treatment of the subject. Pitkin covers the historical evolution of thinking about representation from the Greeks through the founding of t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
1972.
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| Edition: | First paperback edition. |
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| Summary: | This book arises out of Hannah Pitkin's doctoral dissertation and is considered by political scientists to be the gold standard in terms of a philosophical treatment of the subject. Pitkin covers the historical evolution of thinking about representation from the Greeks through the founding of the American republic highlighting diverse thinkers and politicians like Edmund Burke, Jeremy Bentham, and James Madison as well as more contemporary scholars like Robert Dahl and Charles Lindblom. |
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| Item Description: | First Paperback Edition. |
| Physical Description: | vi, 323 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-311). |
| ISBN: | 0520021568 9780520021563 |