Foundational Moments, Representative Claims and the Ecology of Social Ignorance.

This article identifies a blind spot in constructivist theories of representation and their account of legitimacy in terms of the challenge posed by ecologies of social ignorance, generally and especially during foundational moments. Social ignorance is conceptualised here not merely as the absence...

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Published in:	Political Studies Vol. 70; no. 4; pp. 962 - 983
Main Author:	Mihai, Mihaela
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage Publications Inc. Nov2022
Subjects:	United Kingdom Representative government Social constructionism Political attitudes Ignorance (Theory of knowledge)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost