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Voice, Trust, and Memory: Marginalized Groups and the Failings of Liberal Representation

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Voice, Trust, and Memory: Marginalized Groups and the Failings of Liberal Representation - Williams, Melissa S
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Does fair political representation for historically disadvantaged groups require their presence in legislative bodies? The intuition that women are best represented by women, and African Americans by other African Americans, has deep historical roots. Yet the conception of fair representation that prevails in American political culture and jurisprudence - what Melissa Williams calls "liberal representation"--Concludes that the social identity of legislative representatives does not bear on their quality as representatives. ...

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Voice, Trust, and Memory: Marginalized Groups and the Failings of Liberal Representation 2000, Princeton University Press, Princeton

ISBN-13: 9780691057385

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Voice, Trust, and Memory: Marginalized Groups and the Failings of Liberal Representation 1998, Princeton University Press, Princeton

ISBN-13: 9780691037141

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