POLITICAL CAPITAL

摘要

Political capital is a concept used regularly in the media though largely ignored by political theory—the resource which politicians use to induce compliance from other power holders. This article provides an account which is responsive to our intuitive grasp of the term, founded upon a concept of representation as a gap between citizens and politicians, bridged by reciprocal judgments. Political capital is the by-product of these reciprocal judgments, which has the commodity characteristics of an information good.View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00344893.2011.581086