One of the most hotly-contested debates in contemporary democracy revolves around issues of political presence, and whether the fair representation of disadvant

Provides a ground-breaking contribution to the widespread and controversial debate about how disadvantaged groups should be represented in politics. - ;One of t

For at least two centuries, democratic representation has been at the center of debate. Should elected representatives express the views of the majority, or do

What is absence? What is presence? How are these two phenomena related? Is absence merely not being present? This book examines these and other questions relati

Combining biography with regional and national history, Dan T. Carter chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of George Wallace, a populist who abandoned his idea