Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rrep20 Representation Journal of Representative Democracy ISSN: 0034-4893 (Print) 1749-4001 (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rrep20 The Constructivist Turn in Political Representation and its Challenges to Democratic Legitimacy: Lessons from Participatory Institutions in Brazil Debora Rezende Almeida To cite this article: Debora Rezende Almeida (2019) The Constructivist Turn in Political Representation and its Challenges to Democratic Legitimacy: Lessons from Participatory Institutions in Brazil, Representation, 55:3, 339-356, DOI: 10.1080/00344893.2018.1551241 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/00344893.2018.1551241 Published online: 29 Nov 2018. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 194 View related articles View Crossmark data Citing articles: 1 View citing articles