Models of representation: a presentation of its topical debate in social science

Abstract

THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO ANALYZE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PROPORTIONAL AND MAJORITARY POLITICAL REPRESENTATION MODELS, ANSWERING A INTRIGUING QUESTION: WHAT’S THE INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN MOST ADEQUATE TO DEMOCRACY? AFTER TO ANALYZE THE PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS INSTITUTIONAL DESIGNS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, REPRESENTATION AND EVENTUAL REPRESENTATIVE DISTORTION INTO THAT SYSTEMS, THE RESEARCH CONCLUDE WHAT BOTH, MAJORITARY AND PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION HAVE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES, BOTH MODELS INCLUDE GENERAL CHARACTERS FOR DEMOCRACY, SATISFYING THE EIGHT INSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS TO DEMOCRACY BY DAHL (2005), THEREFORE, THIS MODELS ARE DIFFERENT VISIONS ABOUT THE SAME DEMOCRATIC PATH. FURTHERMORE, IS NOT ENOUGH A READY INSTITUTIONAL MODEL TO GUARANTEE A “GOOD” DEMOCRACY; CULTURAL FACTORS MUST INFLUENCE THE CHOICE OF INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN AND BROUGHT CONSEQUENCES ABOUT YOUR PERFORMANCE, LIKE PUTNAM’S (2004) WORK EXAMPLE. THE BASIS OF THIS RESEARCH IS THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC REVISION OF SCHOLARS WITH IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION FOR THE THEMATIC.