Open AccessRethinking Popular Representation: Charting New Territory (A Book Review)
Author(s) -
Kuskridho Ambardi
Publication year - 2017
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.22146/pcd.25753
Subject(s) - representation (politics) , democracy , political science , sociology , media studies , history , law , politics
This article is a book review of Rethinking Popular Representation (2009). The book has a concern in the quality of democratic practices in the world of democracies, in particular democracies of the 'Global South'. It focuses on the concept of representation. It also surveys many cases which promise detailed accounts of each case. Despite its achievements, this review also shows that the book has some pitfalls.