Do Parties Still Represent? - An Analysis of Representativeness of Political Parties in Western

This book examines the representativeness of party membership and analyses the potential consequences of changing representativeness.

List of contents

1. Party Membership as Linkage [Knut Heidar and Bram Wauters] 2. Descriptive Representation in Local Party Associations and Its Implications for Representation in Parliament: findings from the Canadian Case [William Cross] 3. Not Exactly a Mirror Image: British Parties’ Members and Voters Compared [Tim Bale, Monica Poletti, and Paul Webb] 4. Do Australian Parties Represent? [Anika Gauja and Jordan McSwiney] 5. Germany: The Politicization of Party Membership [Klaus Detterbeck] 6. Belgium: Parties as Distorting Mirrors. Descriptive and Substantive Representativeness in Flemish Parties under Scrutiny [Robin Devroe, Benjamin de Vet, Nicolas Van de Voorde and Bram Wauters] 7. Something for Everyone? Political Parties, Party Members and Representation in the Netherlands [Josje den Ridder, Ruud Koole and Joop van Holsteyn] 8. Norwegian Parties at Work: Representative Capacities and Political Trust [Knut Heidar] 9. A Skewed Channel of Participation in Denmark – and an Even More Skewed Recruitment Pool [Karina Kosiara-Pedersen] 10. Representativeness of Parties: Old Problems, New Challenges [Knut Heidar and Bram Wauters]

About the author

Knut Heidar is Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo, Norway.
Bram Wauters is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science of Ghent University, Belgium.

Summary

This book examines the representativeness of party membership and analyses the potential consequences of changing representativeness.

Product details

• Authors: Knut (University of Oslo Heidar, Knut Wauters Heidar
• Assisted by: Knut Heidar (Editor), Heidar Knut (Editor), Bram Wauters (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367730413
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73041-3
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: Routledge Studies on Political Parties and Party Systems
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Political structures: democracy, Elections & referenda, Political parties and party platforms, Elections and referenda / suffrage