The transition to this fundamental sociological principle can be observed in the development of the English Lower House. From the beginning, its members were considered the representatives neither of a particular number of citizens nor of the whole people, but of certain local political groups, communities and counties, which had the right to participate in forming the parliament.

XREF: Connects to early constitutional history and the shift toward geographic representation in modern parliaments.

Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simm…, loc. 6228