How Democracy Works : : Political Representation and Policy Congruence in Modern Societies /

How Democracy Works : : Political Representation and Policy Congruence in Modern Societies / / ed. by Martin Rosema, Kees Aarts, Bas Denters.

In this book, a group of leading scholars analyzes the functioning of modern democracies by focusing on two basic principles: political representation and policy congruence. Drawing on recent survey data from a variety of national and international research projects, they demonstrate how political r...

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MitwirkendeR:
Aardal, Bernt,
Aarts, Kees,
Andeweg, Rudy B.,
Dalton, Russell J.,
Denters, Bas,
Farrell, David M.,
Gabriel, Oscar,
Holmberg, Sören,
Klingemann, Hans-Dieter,
Listhaug, Ola,
Mair, Peter,
McAllister, Ian,
Narud, Hanne Marthe,
Norris, Pippa,
Rose, Lawrence E.,
Rosema, Martin,
Sapir, Eliyahu V.,
Schmitt, Hermann,
Welzel, Christian,
de Vries, Catherine E.,
van Deth, Jan W.,
van der Eijk, Cees,
HerausgeberIn:
Aarts, Kees,
Denters, Bas,
Rosema, Martin,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2012]
©2011
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (293 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. How Democracy Works: An Introduction
  • Part I. The Basic Principles: Political Representation and Policy Congruence
  • 2. The Dynamics of Political Representation
  • 3. Approaching Perfect Policy Congruence: Measurement, Development, and Relevance for Political Representation
  • 4. Dynamic Representation from Above
  • 5. Is Governing Becoming more Contentious?
  • Part II. The Citizen Perspective
  • 6. Democratic Congruence Re-Established: The Perspective of ‘Substantive’ Democracy
  • 7. Does Democratic Satisfaction Reflect Regime Performance?
  • 8. Citizens’ Views about Good Local Governance
  • 9. Patterns of Party Evaluations
  • Part III. Political Representation in the European Union
  • 10. The Electoral Consequences of Low Turnout in European Parliament Elections
  • 11. Assessing the Quality of European Democracy: Are Voters Voting Correctly?
  • Part IV. The Impact of the Economic Context
  • 12. The Impact of the Economic Crisis in Europe: “I’m doing fine”
  • 13. The Changing Macro Context of Norwegian Voters: From Center- Periphery Cleavages to Oil Wealth
  • List of Contributors
  • Appendix: Publications by Jacques Thomassen
  • References

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