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Anne Phillips on Political Representation
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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Nov 16, 2008
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Political representation in a democracy doesn't necessarily reflect the variety of people within a society. Most noticeably, there is a much lower percentage of women acting as representatives than there is in the wider population. Does this matter? Anne Phillips believes it does. She explains why in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
Released:
Nov 16, 2008
Format:
Podcast episode
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