Contested Representation: Challenges, Shortcomings and Reforms

Claudia Landwehr · Thomas Saalfeld · Armin Schäfer

Nov. 2022 · Cambridge University Press

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In the past two decades, democratic institutions have faced a crisis of representation. From authoritarian backsliding in countries with recent democratic transformations, to severe challenges to established liberal democracies, the meaning of political representation and whether and when it succeeds has become highly debated. In response to an increasingly fraught political climate, Contested Representation brings together scholars from across the United States and Europe to critically assess the performance of representative institutions in Europe and North America. Taking an interdisciplinary, comparative approach, this volume looks at the viability of electoral institutions, the responsiveness of government to public preferences, alternative institutions for more inclusive democracy, and the political economy of populism. Chapters also address the broader normative question of how democratic institutions can be adapted to new conditions and challenges. Expertly researched and exceedingly timely, Contested Representation provides critical frameworks that highlight realistic pathways to democratic reform.

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Claudia Landwehr is Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy at the University of Mainz. In her research, she focuses on deliberative democracy, citizens' understandings of democracy, democratic innovations, and questions of institutional design.

Thomas Saalfeld is Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Bamberg. Focusing on European democracies, in particular Germany and the United Kingdom, his research contributes to the comparative study of cabinet survival, coalition governance, legislative organization and ethnic-minority representation.

Armin Schäfer is Professor of Political Science at the University of Mainz. His research has focused on the link between social and political inequality, nonvoting, democratic representation, and economic and social policy.

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