Whether elected representatives live up to the public's expectations is a fundamental
question for any representative democracy. By now, there is a vast literature on the degree …

Political representation is ultimately based on a reciprocal relationship between a principal
and an agent (Urbinati and Warren 2008, p. 398). As in any relationship, both parties have …

Representation, both as a normative concept and a political process, has generated a rich
literature across several national contexts. To develop our understanding of representational …

Much of the literature on political representation provides empirical evidence that elections
successfully link the policy preferences of citizens to the policy preferences of their …

As representation is based on a reciprocal relationship between a representative and
his/her constituency (Castiglione and Warren 2006, 11), a correspondence between citizens' …

The measurement of policy congruence between voters and representatives is one of the
main areas of the empirical study of political representation. Ever since Miller and …

It has long been realised that democratic governance requires a two-way flow of influence.
Governments must be able to respond to what people want and people must be able to react …

How much autonomy elected representatives should have in looking after the interests of
their constituents is a central question of democratic theory. While much research has been …

Essay 1 (with Matz Dahlberg and Eva Mörk) investigates political representation by
exploring the relationship between citizens' preferences and the preferences of their elected …

The origin of the word 'responsiveness' can be traced back to the Latin verb respondeo. In
the English language, the term 'responsiveness' refers to the quality of reacting quickly and …