Bristol University Press
2 Representation: Disputable Claims, Contestable Concept
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Abstract
In this chapter Castaños and Monsiváis-Carillo demonstrate how theoretical debate and disagreement over the meaning of representation stems from the fact that the concept is ‘essentially contestable’. Through a critique of prominent approaches to the concept, notably those by Pitkin and Pettit, the authors show how the representative claim approach is to be preferred in the context of this conceptual contestability. The chapter illustrates its argument via analyses of electoral contests that have had significant consequences for the dynamics of Mexico’s democracy.
Abstract
In this chapter Castaños and Monsiváis-Carillo demonstrate how theoretical debate and disagreement over the meaning of representation stems from the fact that the concept is ‘essentially contestable’. Through a critique of prominent approaches to the concept, notably those by Pitkin and Pettit, the authors show how the representative claim approach is to be preferred in the context of this conceptual contestability. The chapter illustrates its argument via analyses of electoral contests that have had significant consequences for the dynamics of Mexico’s democracy.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of Tables, Figures and Boxes iv
- Notes on Contributors v
- Acknowledgements viii
- Introduction 1
- Representation: Disputable Claims, Contestable Concept 16
- Representation in Complex Associative Systems: Exclusion and Embodiment 39
- Paths to Agreement in Participatory Democracy: Three Cases in Yucatán 63
- Daring Mexico City’s Government to Deliberate: Interplay between Representation and Participation 86
- Contesting Gender Representation in Oaxaca’s Indigenous Communities 106
- Ontological and Political Representation in Community Development Discourse 128
- Acting as a Representative: The Case of the Executive Council of Global Corporations 148
- Delivering Genuine Change and National Redemption: Representative Claims in Mexico’s 2018 Election 166
- Afterword: The Travels and Travails of Political Representation 185
- Index 191
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of Tables, Figures and Boxes iv
- Notes on Contributors v
- Acknowledgements viii
- Introduction 1
- Representation: Disputable Claims, Contestable Concept 16
- Representation in Complex Associative Systems: Exclusion and Embodiment 39
- Paths to Agreement in Participatory Democracy: Three Cases in Yucatán 63
- Daring Mexico City’s Government to Deliberate: Interplay between Representation and Participation 86
- Contesting Gender Representation in Oaxaca’s Indigenous Communities 106
- Ontological and Political Representation in Community Development Discourse 128
- Acting as a Representative: The Case of the Executive Council of Global Corporations 148
- Delivering Genuine Change and National Redemption: Representative Claims in Mexico’s 2018 Election 166
- Afterword: The Travels and Travails of Political Representation 185
- Index 191
