Abstract Public Opinion Quarterly at its outset focused heavily on the influences on public
opinion, predicated on the assumption of its strong impact on politics and policymaking. Has …

Popular support for the welfare state varies greatly across nations and policy domains. We
argue that these variations—vital to understanding the politics of the welfare state—reflect in …

" This book is the final product of a five-year project funded by the European Research
Council (ERC) entitled" Investing in Education in Europe: Attitudes, Politics and …

" Political equality is an essential political ideal and it is the cornerstone of moral
justifications of democracy. Most people would agree with the proposition that the interests …

As a core principle of contemporary democracy, political representation has been the
subject of numerous studies. In particular, responsiveness has been thoroughly examined …

In modern, policy-heavy democracies, blame games about policy controversies are
commonplace. Despite their ubiquity, blame games are notoriously difficult to study. This …

Do parties learn from or emulate parties in other political systems? This research develops
the argument that parties are more likely to employ the heuristic of learning from and …

Representative democracy entails governments that are both responsive and responsible.
Mair argued that political parties find it increasingly difficult to balance these two tasks. With …

A strong link between citizen preferences and public policy is one of the key goals and
criteria of democratic governance. Yet, our knowledge about the extent to which public …

Conventional wisdom has it that political parties have incentives to respond to public
opinion. It is also conventional wisdom that in open economies, policymakers must also …