New Perspectives on Power and Political Representation from Ancient History to the Present Day : : Repertoires of Representation / / edited by Daniëlle Slootjes and Harm Kaal.

• Superior document: Radboud Studies in Humanities Series ; Volume 9.
• TeilnehmendeR: Slootjes, Daniëlle,; Kaal, Harm,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Radboud studies in humanities ; Volume 9.
• Physical Description: 1 electronic resource (218 pages)

"New Perspectives on Power and Political Representation from Ancient History to the Present Day offers a unique perspective on political communication between rulers and ruled from antiquity to the present day by putting the concept of representation center stage. It explores the dynamic relationship between elites and the people which is shaped by constructions of self-representation and representative claims. The contributors to this volume -- specialists in ancient, medieval, early modern and modern history -- move away from reductionist associations of political representation with formal aspects of modern, democratic, electoral, and parliamentarian politics. Instead, they contend that the construction of political representation involves a set of discourses, practices, and mechanisms that, although they have been applied and appropriated in various ways in a range of historical contexts, has stood the test of time"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Repertoires of representation / Harm Kaal and Danielle Slootjes -- Emperors and councillors : imperial representation between Republic and Empire / Olivier Hekster -- Politics of access at the court of the caliph / Maaike van Berkel -- Representative bodies in medieval religious orders : a discarded legacy? / Bert Roest -- The political rhetoric of capitals : Rome and Versailles in the Baroque period, or the "Power of Place" / Peter Rietbergen -- Repertoires of access in princely courts, 1400-1750 / Dries Raeymaekers and Sebastiaan Derks -- The image of Prime Minister Colijn : public visualisation of political leadership in the 1930s / Marij Leenders and Joris Gijsenbergh -- Postwar popular politics : integrating the voice of the people in postwar political history / Harm Kaal and Vincent van de Griend -- Majdan : presence and political representation in post-communist Ukraine / Wim van Meurs and Olga Morozova -- Regulation without representation? Independent regulatory authorities and representative claim-making in the Netherlands, 1997-now / Adriejan van Veen.