GOVT 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Watt, Quid Pro Quo
12 Jun 2016
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Concept of representative government: congress as the 1 st branch article i. Federalist paper #10: pure democracy v republican/representative government. Yet popular election of senate began only 1913: populist movement called senate the millionaires" club . Federalism is a work in progress and representation changes over time. Types: delegate: representative first to the constituency, trustee: representative first to his/her own conscious. Types: mirror: look like the constituency, filter: best of constituency (advocated by james madison) Types of representation: descriptive: tendency of elected legislators to look like the population. Speaks for themselves because they are the people that they"re talking about (mirror: substantive: tendency of elected legislators to speak for others (filter) Women and racial minorities have increased since 1980s but not workers. Many representatives and senators have wealth in the top 1%
