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Linking citizens and parties : how electoral systems matter for political representation / by Lawrence Ezrow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ezrow, Lawrence.
- Series:
- Comparative Politics
- Comparative politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy.
- Political parties.
- Political participation.
- Voting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text addresses familiar questions about political representation. These fundamental questions are paired with the empirical observation of Western European democracies during the last 30 years. The study highlights the pathways through which citizens' political preferences are expressed by their political parties.
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction; 1 Citizen-Party Linkages, Political Institutions, and Type of Party; Part II: Observing Citizen-Party Linkages and Election Outcomes Under Different Institutions; 2 Are Moderate Parties Rewarded in Multiparty Systems?; 3 Parties' Policy Programs and the Dog that Did not Bark: No Evidence that Proportional Systems Promote Extreme Party Positioning; Part III: Effects of Electoral Institutions; 4 Electoral Rules, the Number of Parties, and Niche Party Success
- 5 Proximity and Votes for Mainstream and Niche Parties6 Mean Voter Representation Versus Partisan Constituency Representation: Do Parties Respond to the Mean Voter Position or to Their Supporters?; Part IV: Conclusion; 7 The Effects of Electoral Institutions; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786612939402
- 0-19-158285-9
- 1-282-93940-8
- OCLC:
- 922969895
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