How Democracy Works
Political Representation and Policy Congruence in Modern Societies
1st Edition
Published on 15. July 2012
293 pages
978-90-485-1336-9 (ISBN)
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Martin Rosema, Bas Denters, and Kees Aarts are affiliated with the Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies (IGS) and the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.
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Martin Rosema, Bas Denters, and Kees Aarts are affiliated with the Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies (IGS) and the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.
Content
Preface 1 How Democracy Works: An Introduction Martin Rosema, Kees Aarts and Bas Denters 2 The Dynamics of Political Representation Russell J. Dalton, David M. Farrell and Ian McAllister 3 Approaching Perfect Policy Congruence: Measurement, Development, and Relevance for Political Representation Rudy B. Andeweg 4 Dynamic Representation from Above Sören Holmberg 5 Is Governing Becoming more Contentious? Peter Mair 6 Democratic Congruence Re-Established: The Perspective of 'Substantive' Democracy Christian Welzel and Hans-Dieter Klingemann 7 Does Democratic Satisfaction Reflect Regime Performance? Pippa Norris 8 Citizens' Views about Good Local Governance Bas Denters, Oscar Gabriel and Lawrence E. Rose 9 Patterns of Party Evaluations Kees Aarts and Bernt Aardal 10 The Electoral Consequences of Low Turnout in European Parliament Elections Cees van der Eijk, Hermann Schmitt and Eliyahu V. Sapir 11 Assessing the Quality of European Democracy: Are Voters Voting Correctly? Martin Rosema and Catherine E. de Vries 12 The Impact of the Economic Crisis in Europe: ''I'm doing fine'' Jan W. van Deth 13 The Changing Macro Context of Norwegian Voters: From Center-Periphery Cleavages to Oil Wealth Ola Listhaug and Hanne Marthe Narud List of Contributors Appendix: Publications by Jacques Thomassen References
