Making Representations
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Making Representations
In the past decade, the way we look at political representation has changed. A new wave of thinking shows how representation rises from claims to speak for others, and how the claims are performed and received. The claim-based approach introduces new characters to the drama of representation, such as non-elective, shape-shifting and transnational representatives. Written by an originator of this approach, Making Representations responds to critical questions about the practice and the legitimacy of representation in today's politics. It also expands the scope of the representative claim approach by exploring innovative themes such as performances of representation, becoming representative, and how we can generate political insights by exploring artistic representation.
Reclaiming Representation
Author: Monica Brito Vieira
language: en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date: 2017-05-25
Representation is integral to the functioning and legitimacy of modern government. Yet political theorists have often been reluctant to engage directly with questions of representation, and empirical political scientists have closed down such questions by making representation synonymous with congruence. Conceptually unproblematic and normatively inert for some, representation has been deemed impossible to pin down analytically and to defend normatively by others. But this is changing. Political theorists are now turning to political representation as a subject worthy of theoretical investigation in its own right. In their effort to rework the theory of political representation, they are also hoping to impact how representation is assessed and studied empirically. This volume gathers together chapters by key contributors to what amounts to a "representative turn" in political theory. Their approaches and emphases are diverse, but taken together they represent a compelling and original attempt at re-conceptualizing political representation and critically assessing the main theoretical and political implications following from this, namely for how we conceive and assess representative democracy. Each contributor is invited to look back and ahead on the transformations to democratic self-government introduced by the theory and practice of political representation. Representation and democracy: outright conflict, uneasy cohabitation, or reciprocal constitutiveness? For those who think democracy would be better without representation, this volume is a must-read: it will question their assumptions, while also exploring some of the reasons for their discomfort. Reclaiming Representation is essential reading for scholars and graduate researchers committed to staying on top of new developments in the field.
Making Algebra Meaningful
Author: Nicole L. Fonger
language: en
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Release Date: 2024-08-23
"Meaningful algebra learning remains out of reach for too many learners. If we accept the premise shared by many leading thinkers, organizations, teachers, researchers, and parents, algebra is for all students, yet remains a civil rights issue (Moses & Cobb, 2001) that is an opportunity for only some. In this book I argue that adopting different lenses for what counts as meaningful algebra learning and teaching helps us to think differently. Question: How might teachers, researchers, and leaders realize meaningful algebra education for all students? Answer: Together, with a diversity of resources, and from a variety of perspectives or lenses on what counts as "meaningful." This book reflects my understandings of how to support meaningful algebra learning as informed by research and practice. My goal is to support your journey in answering this question by making connections between research in algebra education, teaching algebra, and leading ambitious, equitable, antiracist visions for algebra education. My approach in this book is intentionally highly visual with summaries in both textual and image form. Teachers, researchers, leaders, and parents are invited to engage in sketchnoting as a tool to vision and work together to realize opportunities for students to engage in meaningful mathematics learning"--