Multidimensional Representation

Fabio Wolkenstein; Christopher Wratil

doi:10.1111/ajps.12563

Multidimensional Representation

Fabio Wolkenstein, Christopher Wratil

Department of Political Science

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Abstract

The study of representation is a major research field in quantitative political science. Since the early 2000s, it has been accompanied by a range of important conceptual innovations by political theorists working on the topic. Yet, although many quantitative scholars are familiar with the conceptual literature, even the most complex quantitative studies eschew engaging with the “new wave” of more sophisticated concepts of representation that theorists have developed. We discuss what we take to be the main reasons for this gap between theory and empirics, and present four novel conceptions of representation that are both sensitive to theorists’ conceptual impulses and operationalizable for quantitative scholars. In doing so, we advance an alternative research agenda on representation that moves significantly beyond the status quo of the field.

Original language	English
Journal	American Journal of Political Science
Volume	65
Issue	4
Pages (from-to)	862-876
ISSN	0092-5853
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12563
Publication status	Published - Oct 2021

Keywords

FIELD EXPERIMENT
LEGISLATORS
MEMBERS
POLITICAL REPRESENTATION
RESPONSIVENESS
TEXT

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