Policy Representation in Western Democracies

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

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Beskrivning

Policy Representation in Western Democracies offers a comparative analysis of policy representation in five Western Democracies: France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the US. A leading group of authors examines the impact of belief systems and geographical and institutional characteristics on the match between the policy preferences of the electorate and those of their representatives. The book offers a variety of perspectives on the conceptualization, measurement, and interpretation of congruence between mass and elite opinion. The book also evaluates the consequences of different electoral systems for policy representation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-10-28
Mått:163 x 242 x 15 mm
Vikt:418 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:196
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780198295709

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This book does a fine job of educating the reader on the complexity and difficulty in determining what policy representation entails. Furthermore, the authors make a significant contribution to the comparative study of the subject. Those who are intrigued and challenged by the concept of representation will find this book to be an interesting piece of the policy representation puzzle.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Elite-Mass Linkage in Representative Democracy ; 2. Mass-Elite Issue Linkages and the Responsible Party Model of Representation ; 3. Political Communication between Political Elites and Mass Publics: The Role of Belief Systems ; 4. The Language of Politics: A Study of Elite and Mass Understandings of Ideological Terminology in the United States and the Netherlands ; 5. Collective Policy Congruence Compared ; 6. Not all Politics is Local: The Geographical Dimension of Policy Representation ; 7. System Characteristics Matter: Empirical Evidence from Ten Representation Studies ; Conclusion: Mixed Signals