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Volume 61 - September 1967

Contents

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Book Notes

International Politics, Law, and Organization

Foreign Political Systems

Research Notes

  • Representational Role Types: A Research Note

  • Norman Meller
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    01 August 2014, pp. 474-477

  • As part of their state legislative research project, Professors Wahlke, Eulau, Buchanan, and Ferguson subjected Edmund Burke's classical phrasing of the dilemma of representation to an empirical examination. Burke postulated the style of representation in terms of either-or: the legislator is either a mere spokesman for his constituents or he represents them as he believes best. The 4-state survey findings did not bear Burke out; rather, they disclosed a trichotomy, three major representational role types, with a classification of “Politico” appearing along with “Delegate” and “Trustee.” The Politico expresses an overlap of both orientations, so that representative types can be conceived of along a continuum, rather than constituting two polar positions, with the Politico placed toward the mid-point. In numerical frequency, as well, the Politico type was also found to fall between the other two. Left to be determined is the universality of the 4-state formulation of representational roles.

    Over the last decade I have periodically observed the evolution of legislatures functioning in the American-administered regions of the Pacific. Here are to be found a number of under-developed societies, or to employ a more informative description, distinctive cultures in transitional status adapting introduced political forms to customary political practices. These traditional practices are fundamentally premised upon the resolving of differences through the reaching of consensus for taking political action.

Book Notes

Foreign Political Systems

International Politics, Law, and Organization

Foreign Political Systems

American Government and Politics

Comparative Government and Politics

Foreign Political Systems

International Politics, Law, and Organization

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American Government and Politics

International Politics, Law, and Organization

International Politics

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