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EstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0561 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Political representation · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“Hanna Pitkin distinguished formalistic (authorisation and accountability), descriptive, symbolic and substantive views of representation, and treated them as related views of one concept that share an underlying structure.”

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Rethinking Representation

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