Elections, Parties, Democracy - Conferring the Median Mandate

Klappentext How does representative democracy work in the modern age? Examining 21 post-war democracies, this strikingly innovative approach by two world-class scholars demonstrates how the voter in the middle--the median elector--empowers the centre party in parliament to translate political preferences into public policy. Zusammenfassung How does representative democracy work in the modern age? Examining 21 post-war democracies, this strikingly innovative approach by two world-class scholars demonstrates how the voter in the middle - the median elector - empowers the centre party in parliament to translate political preferences into public policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: The Mandate Process 1: Choosing Governments or Identifying Preferences? The Role of Elections in Democracy 2: Mandate Theories: Government and Median 3: Communicating Preferences: The Public Policy Space 4: Research Questions for Comparative Investigation Part 2: The Electoral Process 5: Choices Parties Offer 6: Mandates Without Obvious Majorities 7: Representing the Meidan Voter Part 3: The Governing Process 8: Who Controls Short-Term Policy Making? 9: From Declared to Actual Policy: Short-Term Influences on Government Policies Part 4: The Democratic Process 10: Long Term Policy Regimes: Incrementalism Put in Context 11: Fluctuating Political Forces 12: Politics and Policy Regimes: Setting a Long Term Equilibrium 13: Unifying Theories of Democracy Through the Median Mandate

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• Authors: Ian Budge, Michael D McDonald, Michael D. McDonald, Michael D. (Associate Professor in Polit Mcdonald, Michael D. (Associate Professor of Polit Mcdonald, Michael D. Budge Mcdonald
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2005
• EAN: 9780199286720
• ISBN: 978-0-19-928672-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Comparative Politics; Comparative Politics (Hardcove; Comparative Politics
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education