Representation and distance in contemporary politics

Authors

  • HENRIQUE CARLOS DE O. CASTRO Universidade de Brasília
  • PAOLA NOVAES RAMOS Universidade de Brasília

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/sec.v12i1.6901

Keywords:

political representation, representativeness, representation distance, World Values Survey

Abstract

The debate about the quality of the political representation is permanent and required in order to improve its concept and use. Survey data show that the population mistrusts its representative institutions, what may constrain democracy. This paper aims at reviewing the contemporary debate on the representative system, especially the representativeness of political representation, the distance between constituents and representatives and how the former see politics and its players.

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Author Biographies

HENRIQUE CARLOS DE O. CASTRO, Universidade de Brasília

Doutor em Ciência Política (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
Professor do Centro de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação sobre as Américas da Universidade de Brasília.
Brasília, Brasil.

PAOLA NOVAES RAMOS, Universidade de Brasília

Doutoranda em Ciências Sociais (CEPPAC/UnB)
Brasília, Brasil.

Published

2009-08-11

How to Cite

CASTRO, H. C. D. O.; RAMOS, P. N. Representation and distance in contemporary politics. Sociedade e Cultura, Goiânia, v. 12, n. 1, p. 55–68, 2009. DOI: 10.5216/sec.v12i1.6901. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/fcs/article/view/6901. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.

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