| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 279 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Comparative study of electoral systems
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Comparative study of electoral systems.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Representation and accountability / Jacques Thomassen -- New patterns of democracy in the countries of the comparative study of electoral systems 2 / Julian Bernauer, Nathalie Giger, and Adrian Vatter -- Meaningful choices : does parties' supply matter? / Bernhard Wessels and Hermann Schmitt -- Policy-based voting and the type of democracy / Biana Burlacu and Gábor Tóka -- Political institutions and the social anchoring of the vote / Pedro C. Magalhães -- Political institutions, perceptions of representation, and the turnout decision / André Blais, Shane Singh, and Delia Dumitrescu -- Democratic structures and democratic participation : the limits of consensualism theory / Steven Weldon and Russell Dalton -- Feeling policy represented / Sören Holmberg -- Output-oriented legitimacy : individual- and system-level influences on democracy satisfaction / David Sanders, Harold Clarke, Marianne Stewart, and Paul Whiteley -- The muliple bases of democratic support : procedural representation and government outputs / Mark Peffley and Robert Rohrschneider -- Globalization, representation, and attitudes towards democracy / Kees Aarts, Jacques Thomassen, and Carolien van Ham -- Consenting to lose or expecting to win? : inter-temporal changes in voters' winner-loser status and satisfaction with democracy / Eric Chang, Yun-han Chu, and Wen-chin Wu. |
| Summary |
This volume addresses the contrast between the view that elections are a mechanism to hold government accountable and the view that they are a means to ensure that citizens' views and interests are properly represented in the democratic process. The general conclusion of the book is that formal political institutions are less relevant for people's attitudes and behaviour than often presumed. Rather than formal political institutions like the electoral system, it seems to be characteristics of the party system like polarization and the clarity of responsibility that really matter. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Elections.
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Elections. |
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Democracy.
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Democracy. |
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Representative government and representation.
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Representative government and representation. |
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Responsibility.
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Responsibility. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Cross-cultural studies.
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| Added Author |
Thomassen, J. J. A., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Elections and democracy. First edition. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014 0198716338 (DLC) 2014930995 (OCoLC)865494349 |
| ISBN |
9780191025631 (electronic book) |
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0191025631 (electronic book) |
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9780191784934 |
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0191784931 |
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0198716338 |
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9780198716334 |
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