登入
選單
返回
Google圖書搜尋
The Rise of the Representative
Peverill Squire
其他書名
Lawmakers and Constituents in Colonial America
出版
University of Michigan Press
, 2017-07-06
主題
Biography & Autobiography / Political
History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Law / Legal History
Political Science / General
Political Science / American Government / Legislative Branch
Political Science / History & Theory
Political Science / Political Process / General
Political Science / Constitutions
Political Science / American Government / General
ISBN
0472130390
9780472130399
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4kk_DwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook
SAMPLE
註釋
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.