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Jane Mansbridge

American political scientist (born 1939) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jane Mansbridge
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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.

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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.

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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. Her father was the publisher and writer Ronald Mansbridge.[3]

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).[4] She is currently working on the necessity for legitimate coercion created by our need for "free use" (or "free access") goods.[5]

Her first husband was Owen De Long.[6] She was married to sociologist Christopher Jencks from 1976 to his death in 2025.

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Prizes, awards and honors

Bibliography

Main article: Jane Mansbridge bibliography

Books

  • Mansbridge, Jane J (1980). Beyond adversary democracy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-50355-4.
  • Mansbridge, Jane J (1986). Why we lost the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-50357-8.
  • Mansbridge, Jane J, ed. (1990). Beyond self-interest. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-50360-8.
  • Mansbridge, Jane J; Parkinson, John, eds. (2012). Deliberative systems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-02539-4.
  • Mansbridge, Jane J; Martin, Cathie Jo, eds. (2014). Negotiating agreement in politics. Washington, D.C.: American Political Science Association. ISBN 978-1-878147-47-9.

Chapters in books

  • Mansbridge, Jane J (1993), "Feminism and democratic community", in Chapman, John W; Shapiro, Ian (eds.), Democratic Community: NOMOS XXXV, vol. 35, New York: New York University Press, pp. 342–377, ISBN 978-0-8147-1507-9
  • Mansbridge, Jane J (1996), "Using power/fighting power: the polity", in Benhabib, Seyla (ed.), Democracy and Difference, Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 46–56, ISBN 978-0-19-513199-4
  • Mansbridge, Jane J (1999), "Everyday talk in the deliberative system", in Macedo, Steven (ed.), Deliberative Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 211–239, ISBN 978-0-691-04478-1
  • Mansbridge, Jane J (1999), "On the idea that participation makes better citizens", in Elkin, Stephen L; Soltan, Karol E (eds.), Citizen Competence and Democratic Institutions, University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, pp. 295–325, ISBN 978-0-271-03018-0
  • Mansbridge, Jane J (2001), "A 'moral core' solution to the prisoners' dilemma", in Scott, Joan W; Keates, Debra (eds.), Schools of thought: twenty-five years of interpretive social science, Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 330–347, ISBN 978-0-691-08842-6
  • Mansbridge, Jane J (2009), "On the free rider problem", in King, Gary; Schlozman, Kay L; Nie, Norman H (eds.), The future of political science: 100 perspectives, New York: Routledge, pp. 217–219, ISBN 978-0-415-99701-0
  • Mansbridge, Jane J; Bohman, James; Chambers, Simone; Christiano, Thomas; et al. (2012), "A systematic approach to democratic deliberation", in Parkinson, John; Mansbridge, Jane J (eds.), Deliberative Systems, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1–26, ISBN 978-1-107-02539-4
  • Mansbridge, Jane J (2014), "Helping congress negotiate", in Persily, Nathaniel (ed.), Solutions to Political Polarization in America, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 262–274, ISBN 978-1-107-45191-9
  • Mansbridge, Jane J (2014), "A contingency theory of accountability", in Bowens, Mark; Goodin, Robert E; Schillemans, Thomas (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Public Accountability, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 55–68, ISBN 978-0-19-877847-9
  • Mansbridge, Jane J; Warren, Mark E; et al. (2015), "Deliberative negotiation", in Mansbridge, Jane J; Martin, Cathie J (eds.), Political Negotiation: A Handbook, Washington DC: Brookings, pp. 141–198, ISBN 978-0-8157-2729-3

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