Bristol University Press
3 Representation in Complex Associative Systems: Exclusion and Embodiment
-
Abstract
Informal or extra-institutional representation is variably present in all political contexts, from local social movements to international NGOs. This chapter focuses on extra-institutional representation within complex associative systems (CAS). The early part of the chapter outlines key features of the representative claim framework of particular relevance to this focus, which are then applied to selected CAS in Mexico. The chapter explores the forming and validating of representative claims in such systems, with special attention to the importance of experts and scholars. It illustrates the ways in which different practices and settings create different varieties of representation, and how representatives coming from these various settings tend to become interdependent through interaction.
Abstract
Informal or extra-institutional representation is variably present in all political contexts, from local social movements to international NGOs. This chapter focuses on extra-institutional representation within complex associative systems (CAS). The early part of the chapter outlines key features of the representative claim framework of particular relevance to this focus, which are then applied to selected CAS in Mexico. The chapter explores the forming and validating of representative claims in such systems, with special attention to the importance of experts and scholars. It illustrates the ways in which different practices and settings create different varieties of representation, and how representatives coming from these various settings tend to become interdependent through interaction.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- 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
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- 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
