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Jane Mansbridge

Jane Jebb Mansbridge (born November 19, 1939) is an American political scientist. She is the Charles F. Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Mansbridge has made contributions to democratic theory, feminist scholarship, and the empirical study of social movements and direct democracy.[1][2]

In April 2018, Mansbridge was announced to be the 24th laureate of the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science.

Early life and education

Mansbridge received her B.A. from Wellesley College in 1961, her M.A. in history from Harvard University in 1966, and her Ph.D. in government from Harvard in 1971.

Career

Mansbridge previously taught at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University.

Mansbridge is particularly known for the distinction between unitary and adversary democracy (based on common and conflicting interests respectively), and for her concepts of gyroscopic representation (based on inner motivation), the selection model of representation, and surrogate representation (representation of others outside one's district).[3] She is currently working on the necessity for legitimate coercion created by our need for "free use" (or "free access") goods.[4]

Prizes, awards and honors

Bibliography

Books

Chapters in books

Journal articles

References

  1. ^ Williams, Melissa S. (October 2012). "Beyond the empirical-normative divide: the democratic theory of Jane Mansbridge". P.S.: Political Theory and Politics. 45 (4): 797–805. doi:10.1017/S1049096512001035.
  2. ^ Rouyer, Muriel (November 2011). "Jane Mansbridge". Raisons Politiques. 40 (4): 135–156. doi:10.3917/rai.040.0135.
  3. ^ Dovi, Suzanne (17 October 2011). "Political Representation". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  4. ^ Mansbridge, Jane (March 2014). "What is political science for?". Perspectives on Politics. 12 (1): 8–17. doi:10.1017/S153759271300368X. S2CID 154424952.
  5. ^ "British Academy announces 42 new fellows". Times Higher Education. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.

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