The Concept of Constituency : Political Representation, Democratic Legitimacy, and Institutional Design (Hardcover)

Part I. The Concept of Constituency and Legitimate Political Representation: 1. Introduction: constituency, legitimacy, and political representation; 2. The concept of constituency; Part II. On the Silence of the Land: Territorial Constituencies in American History: 3. Justifications and the use of history; 4. The English and Colonial origins of territorial constituencies in the United States; 5. Territorial districts at the American Founding; 6. Territorial representation as an enabler of democratic values; Part III. Standards and Reform: 7. Territory reconsidered; 8. On legitimate representation and a default position: permanent, involuntary, heterogeneous constituencies; 9. The random constituency; Epilogue: the random constituency 50 years from now.