Elections, parties, democracy : conferring the median mandate

Elections, parties, democracy conferring the median mandate

Choosing governments or identifying preferences? : the role of elections in democracy -- Mandate theories : government and median -- Communicating preferences : the public policy space -- Research questions for comparative investigation -- Choices parties offer -- Mandates without obvious majorities...

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1. Verfasser: McDonald, Michael D. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Budge, Ian (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Oxford u.a. Oxford Univ. Press 2005
Schriftenreihe:Comparative politics
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Representative government and representation > Elections > Democracy > Repräsentative Demokratie > Parlamentswahl > Partei > Öffentliche Meinung > Mehrheit > Mandat > Politische Mitte > Internationaler Vergleich > Geschichte 1950-1995
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Zusammenfassung:Choosing governments or identifying preferences? : the role of elections in democracy -- Mandate theories : government and median -- Communicating preferences : the public policy space -- Research questions for comparative investigation -- Choices parties offer -- Mandates without obvious majorities? -- Representing the median voter -- Who controls short-term policymaking? -- From declared to actual policy : short-term influences on government policies -- Long-term policy regimes : incrementalism put in context -- Fluctuating political forces -- Politics and policy regimes : setting a long-term equilibrium -- Unifying theories of democracy through the median mandate.
Choosing governments or identifying preferences? : the role of elections in democracy -- Mandate theories : government and median -- Communicating preferences : the public policy space -- Research questions for comparative investigation -- Choices parties offer -- Mandates without obvious majorities? -- Representing the median voter -- Who controls short-term policymaking? -- From declared to actual policy : short-term influences on government policies -- Long-term policy regimes : incrementalism put in context -- Fluctuating political forces -- Politics and policy regimes : setting a long-term equilibrium -- Unifying theories of democracy through the median mandate
Beschreibung:XIV, 257 S
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24 cm
ISBN:0199286728
0-19-928672-8
9780199286720
978-0-19-928672-0