Because it defines the initial terms of authorization and thus the nature of inclusion in representative relationships, the concept of constituency is receiving new attention. As Rehfeld (2005; see also Burnheim 1989, Pogge 2002) points out, the idea that constituencies should be defined by territorial districts has been all but unquestioned until very recently, although it has long been recognized that initial decisions about who is included in (or excluded from) “the people” constituted the domain of democracy (Dahl 1989, Held 1996).