Parliaments and Representative Democracy: Perspectives from the Past and the Present

Democracy remains a highly contested and historically changing concept. The analysis of its changing meanings benefits from comparisons over time and beyond national histories, which can nowadays be supported by digital tools and methods.
A picture taken from inside the British parliament building with the UK flag on a wall
Inside the British Parliament, Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA-2.0

Event information

Event date
-
Event type
Congresses and conferences
Event language
English
Event payment
Free of charge
Show location on map
Event location category
Other

This closing conference of the Academy of Finland Professor Project Political Representation: Tensions between Parliament and the People from the Age of Revolutions to the 21st Century explores the contested nature of concepts that have been and are used to construct democracy. 

This is done on one hand by analyzing how parliamentarians’ understandings of representation and democracy have changed over time in interaction with society at large, including the media and academia, and on the other on how the parliamentary form of representative democracy has been debated in extra-parliamentary theorizing and discussions. ​

The conference is organised in London, and further details will be published closer to the event. Participation by invitation only.

Registration / Enrollment

Participation by invitation only
Contact pasi.t.ihalainen@jyu.fi for further information

Add to calendar

Related content

Project

Political Representation: Tensions between Parliament and the People from the Age of Revolutions to the 21st Century

The ways in which parliamentarians view democracy have changed over time in interaction with the people. Quantitative and qualitative comparative conceptual history tells how.