Representation

Jack H. Nagel is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and author of The Descriptive Analysis of Power and Participation. Rogers M. Smith is Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is editor of Citizenship, Borders, and Human Needs and coeditor of Varieties of Citizenship and Sovereignty, both available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

• Introduction. The Multiplying Challenges of Modern Representation-Rogers M. Smith and Jack H. NagelI. REPRESENTATION THROUGH ELECTIONSChapter 1. Evaluating U.S. Electoral Institutions in Comparative Perspective-AndrÉ BlaisChapter 2. Are American Elections Sufficiently Democratic?-Dennis F. ThompsonChapter 3. Barriers to Voting in the Twenty-First Century-Alexander KeyssarChapter 4. Uneven Democracy: Turnout, Minority Interests, and Local Government Spending-Zoltan Hajnal and Jessica TrounstineChapter 5. Fairness and Bias in Electoral Systems-Anthony McGannChapter 6. Political Party Organizations, Civic Representation, and Participation-Georgia KernellII. REPRESENTATION BEYOND ELECTIONSChapter 7. The Paradox of Voting-for Republicans: Economic Inequality, Political Organization, and the American Voter-Jacob S. Hacker and Paul PiersonChapter 8. A Democratic Balance: Bureaucracy, Political Parties, and Political Representation-Pradeep Chhibber and Susan L. OstermannChapter 9. The Closing of the Frontier: Political Blogs, the 2008 Election, and the Online Public Sphere-Matthew HindmanChapter 10. The Technological Basis of Organizational Membership: Representation of Interests in the New Media Age-Dave KarpfChapter 11. The Principle of Affected Interests: An Interpretation and Defense-Archon FungChapter 12. Citizen Representatives-Mark E. WarrenNotesList of ContributorsIndexAcknowledgments

"Bringing together work from an impressive array of scholars, this excellent volume forces us to examine the deficiencies of current democratic practice and helps us envision new ways of addressing them by rethinking representation." (Keena Lipsitz, Queens College, CUNY)