Elections, Parties, Democracy: Conferring the Median Mandate

by Michael D. McDonald, Ian Budge

Overview

How does representative democracy work in the modern age? Examining 21 post-war democracies, this strikingly innovative approach by two world-class scholars demonstrates how the voter in the middle—the median elector—empowers the centre party in parliament to translate political preferences into public policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199286720
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/29/2005
Series:	Comparative Politics
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 6.10(h) x 0.90(d)