Theories of Representation
FAIN: RO-12433
Dennis J. Sullivan
Northeastern University (Boston, MA 02115-5005)
To study the 1976 Republican convention regarding two questions central to the normative and empirical theory of two-party democracy representation and legitimation. Each party has a distinctive consultative or representational style - Burkean for the Republicans and Madisonian for the Democrats - with consequences for legitimation and popular consent.