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The Rise of the Representative

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The Rise of the Representative

Lawmakers and Constituents in Colonial America
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Representation is integral to the study of legislatures, yet virtually no attention has been given to how representative assemblies developed and what that process might tell us about how the relationship between the representative and the represented evolved. The Rise of the Representative corrects that omission by tracing the development of representative assemblies in colonial America and revealing they were a practical response to governing problems, rather than an imported model or an attempt to translate abstract philosophy into a concrete reality. Peverill Squire shows there were initially competing notions of representation, but over time the pull of the political system moved lawmakers toward behaving as delegates, even in places where they were originally intended to operate as trustees. By looking at the rules governing who could vote and who could serve, how representatives were apportioned within each colony, how candidates and voters behaved in elections, how expectations regarding their relationship evolved, and how lawmakers actually behaved, Squire demonstrates that the American political system that emerged following independence was strongly rooted in colonial-era developments.

Author Biography:

Peverill Squire is Hicks and Martha Griffiths Chair in American Political Institutions at the University of Missouri.
Release date Australia
June 30th, 2017
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
2 figures, 16 tables
Pages
344
ISBN-13
9780472130399
Product ID
26834183

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