Policy Representation in Western Democracies

by Warren Miller, Roy Pierce, Jacques Thomassen, Richard Herrera, Sïren Holmberg

Overview

This book offers a comparative analysis of policy representation in five Western Democracies: France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the US. A leading group of authors examines the impact of belief systems and geographical and institutional characteristics on the match between the policy preferences of the electorate and those of their representatives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198295709
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/10/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Arizona State University

University of Michigan

University of Twente

Arizona State University

Goteborg University

Goteborg University

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung (WZB), Mannheim University

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Elite-Mass Linkage in Representative Democracy, Warren Miller2. Mass-Elite Issue Linkages and the Responsible Party Model of Representation, Roy Pierce3. Political Communication between Political Elites and Mass Publics: The Role of Belief Systems, Jacques Thomassen4. The Language of Politics: A Study of Elite and Mass Understandings of Ideological Terminology in the United States and the Netherlands, Richard Herrera5. Collective Policy Congruence Compared, Sören Holmberg6. Not all Politics is Local: The Geographical Dimension of Policy Representation, Peter Esaisson7. System Characteristics Matter: Empirical Evidence from Ten Representation Studies, Bernhard WesselsConclusion: Mixed Signals, Roy Pierce.