Empirical representation research has abandoned the structural-power tradition of political theory

Evidence

Although the ideas that we present have deep roots in political thought, they have largely faded from recent empirical research on political representation. Our findings can be seen as a step toward reintroducing this line of reasoning with new comparative evidence. — Mikael Persson and Anders Sundell, Blocking the Poor, 34

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes debates in historical institutionalism (Pierson, Skocpol, Thelen) that the author positions the study against.