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  1. What is representation? Flashcards

    Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Stereotype, Archetypes, Archetypes vs. Stereotypes and more. ... --Language determines ideas and concepts--meaning of words change--representation is a form of creation. Hyperreality (103 Gray)

  2. Representation Flashcards

    butler: rejects consensual politics - leaving identity at door will solve problems - identities are source of problem; need to embrace, no ideal position. presence won't guarantee representation. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Why have representation?, Forms of representation, Delegate and more.

  3. Chapter 10 Part 2 Flashcards

    The Committee on Rules, or (more commonly) Rules Committee, is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. Rather than being responsible for a specific area of policy, as most other committees are, it is in charge of determining under what rule other bills will come to the floor. 17th Amendment.

  4. Representation

    representation, in government, method or process of enabling the citizenry, or some of them, to participate in the shaping of legislation and governmental policy through deputies chosen by them.. The rationale of representative government is that in large modern countries the people cannot all assemble, as they did in the marketplace of democratic Athens or Rome; and if, therefore, the people ...

  5. Political Representation

    Political representation occurs when political actors speak, advocate, symbolize, and act on the behalf of others in the political arena. In short, political representation is a kind of political assistance. This seemingly straightforward definition, however, is not adequate as it stands. For it leaves the concept of political representation ...

  6. Representation Definition & Meaning

    representation: [noun] one that represents: such as. an artistic likeness or image. a statement or account made to influence opinion or action. an incidental or collateral statement of fact on the faith of which a contract is entered into. a dramatic production or performance. a usually formal statement made against something or to effect a ...

  7. Taxation Without Representation: What It Means and History

    Taxation without representation is a situation in which a government imposes taxes on a particular group of its citizens, despite the citizens not consenting or having an actual representative ...

  8. REPRESENTATION Definition & Meaning

    Representation definition: the act of representing.. See examples of REPRESENTATION used in a sentence.

  9. Proportional representation

    proportional representation, electoral system that seeks to create a representative body that reflects the overall distribution of public support for each political party. Where majority or plurality systems effectively reward strong parties and penalize weak ones by providing the representation of a whole constituency to a single candidate who ...

  10. XCEL Chapter 3 Exam Legal Concepts Of The Insurance Contract

    The insured and the insurer contribute equally to the contract. Restoring an insured to the same condition as before a loss is an example of the principle of. Indemnity. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like The importance of a representation is demonstrated in what rule?, A contract requires, Which statement is ...

  11. representation noun

    1 [uncountable, countable] the act of presenting someone or something in a particular way; something that shows or describes something synonym portrayal the negative representation of single mothers in the media The snake swallowing its tail is a representation of infinity.

  12. Congressional Representation

    Representation can also be considered in other ways. Descriptive representation is the level at which Congress reflects the nation's constituents in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic status. Collective representation is the extent to which the institutional body of Congress represents the population as a whole.

  13. Congressional Representation

    Representation can also be considered in other ways. Descriptive representation is the level at which Congress reflects the nation's constituents in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic status. Collective representation is the extent to which the institutional body of Congress represents the population as a whole.

  14. Real Estate Representation: What Are the Different Types, and What Do

    Representation is straightforward if the buyer and seller agents are affiliated with different companies. However, when the agents on opposite sides of the transaction work for the same brokerage ...

  15. The House of Representatives Flashcards

    Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like What are the terms and size of the House of Representatives? The House of Representatives has 435 elected officials. Each representative is elected for a two-year term. The House of Representatives reflects the size of each state's population. States with more people living in them send more representatives to Congress than ...

  16. Proportional representation: Can it fix Congress? : NPR

    Instead of the single candidate with the most votes winning a House district's seat, a proportional representation system would elect multiple representatives in each district, distributing seats ...

  17. Representationalism Definition & Meaning

    The meaning of REPRESENTATIONALISM is the doctrine that the immediate object of knowledge is an idea in the mind distinct from the external object which is the occasion of perception.

  18. How does proportional representation affect party systems quizlet

    - Proportional representation - system where seats in legislature awarded based on party's proportion of total vote. What is a winner take all system quizlet? Winner take all. An Electoral system in which the party that receives at least one more vote than any other party wins the election. What is an example of proportional representation?

  19. Models of representation Flashcards

    The philosophy that legislators should adhere to the will of their constituents. Trustee Model of Representation. The philosophy that legislators should consider the will of the people but act in ways they believe best for the long-term interests of the nation. Politico Model of Representation. Legislators follow their own judgment until the ...

  20. Representationalism

    Representationalism, in its most widely accepted form, is the view that the human mind is an information-using system, and that human cognitive capacities are to be understood as representational capacities. This chapter distinguishes several distinct theses that go by the name "representationalism," focusing on the view that is most prevalent in cognitive science.

  21. 36. Congressional Representation Flashcards

    Congressional Representation Flashcards | Quizlet. 36. Congressional Representation. Some representatives follow the delegate model of representation, acting on the expressed wishes of their constituents, whereas others take a trustee model approach, acting on what they believe is in their constituents' best interests.

  22. The Law of Legislative Representation

    Law has much to say about the practice of legislative representation. Legal rules from different substantive domains collectively determine the landscape in which legislators act. Most obviously, the law of democracy—the law regulating elections, redistricting, and money in politics—shapes the incentives that legislators face and the sorts of representation that they provide once in office.