Representation and Democratic Theory

David Laycock is a professor in the Department ofPolitical Science at Simon Fraser University.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction / David Laycock Part 1: Representation in Response to Minority Rights, Multiculturalism and Institutional Complexity 1. When (if ever) Are Referendums on Minority Rights Fair? / Avigail Eisenberg2. Language, Representation, and Suprastate Democracy: Questions Facing the European Union / Peter Ives3. Getting to Yes: People, Practices, and the Paradox of Multicultural Democracy / Catherine Frost4. Feminist Engagement with Federal Institutions: Opportunities and Constraints for Women's Multilevel Citizenship / Louise Chappell Part 2: Reconceiving Representation through Citizenship and Community 5. Sharing the River: Aboriginal Representation in Canadian Political Institutions / Melissa S. Williams6. The Self-Government of Unbounded Communities: Emancipatory Minority Autonomy in China and Western Europe / Susan J. Henders7. What Do Citizens Need to Share? Citizenship as Reasonableness / Jonathan Quong Part 3: Pluralist, Deliberative, and Participatory Challenges to Representation 8. The New Constitutionalism and the Polarizing Performance of the Canadian Conversation / Gerald Kernerman9. Demanding Deliberative Democracy and Representation / Greg Pyrcz10. What Can Democratic Participation Mean Today? / Mark E. Warren11. Representing Pluralism: A Comment on Pyrcz, Warren, and Kernerman / Simone Chambers ConclusionReferencesNotes on ContributorsIndex

Scholars of many different areas of political science will probaly find something here that addresses their own concerns, while scholars of either Canadian politics or democratic theory are likely to find much of interest in this collection. - Alexandra Kelso, University of Strathclyde (Political Studies Review, Vol 3, No 3, September 2005)