Elections ought in theory to go a long way toward making democracy'work', but in many contexts, they fail to embody democratic ideals because they are affected by electoral …
Democratic elections are designed to create unequal outcomes: for some to win, others have to lose. This book examines the consequences of this inequality for the legitimacy of …
Do “niche” parties—such as Communist, Green, and extreme nationalist parties—adjust their policies in response to shifts in public opinion? Would such policy responsiveness …
M Golder, J Stramski - American Journal of Political Science, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Although the literature examining the relationship between ideological congruence and electoral rules is quite large, relatively little attention has been paid to how congruence …
Do political parties respond to shifts in the preferences of their supporters, which we label the partisan constituency model, or to shifts in the mean voter position (the general …
H Schoen, C Weins - Handbuch Wahlforschung, 2014 - Springer
Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über den sozialpsychologischen Ansatz der Michigan- Schule und die zugehörige Forschung. Das Grundmodell aus Parteiidentifikation …
Page 1 DEMOCRACY Albert Weale SECOND EDITION Revised, extended and updated D Page 2 ISSUES IN POLITICAL THEORY Political Theory has undergone a remarkable …
In the first comparative study of multidimensional government‐citizen policy congruence, this article shows that citizens are less satisfied with democracy when their views differ from that …
A Blais, MA Bodet - Comparative Political Studies, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
This article assesses the claim that proportional representation (PR) fosters a closer correspondence between the views of citizens and the positions of the government. The …