The Constructivist Turn in Political Representation

by Lisa Disch (Editor), Mathijs Van de Sande (Editor), Nadia Urbinati (Editor)

This volume traces the roots of the constructivist turn in the distinct (and competing) traditions of Continental and Anglo-American Western political thought. Divided into three thematic parts, these 13 newly commissioned essays develop the constructivist turn as a central concept. They advance the insight that there can be no democratic politics without representation; constituencies or groups exist as agents of democratic politics only insofar as they are represented.

320 pages, Hardcover

Published January 22, 2019