How Democracy Works: Political Representation and Policy Congruence in Modern Societies

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How Democracy Works

Political Representation and Policy Congruence in Modern Societies

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Edited by Martin Rosema, Bas Denters, Kees Aarts

Publisher:: Amsterdam University Press
Online publication date:: January 2021
Print publication year:: 2012
Online ISBN:: 9789048513369
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048513369

Subjects:: Economics, Economic Theory

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In this book, a group of leading scholars analyzes the functioning of modern democracies by focusing on two basic principles: political representation and policy congruence. Drawing on recent survey data from a variety of national and international research projects, they demonstrate how political representation works and mostly leads to a fair degree of policy congruence between citizens and their representatives. They also present new insights on the sources of satisfaction with democracy and the impact of the economy on elections and political trust.This book is published on the occasion of the retirement of Jacques Thomassen as distinguished professor of political science at the University of Twente. The contributors include Russell Dalton, Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Pippa Norris, Ola Listhaug, Hanne Marthe Narud, Jan van Deth, Peter Mair, Cees van der Eijk, Hermann Schmitt, Sören Holmberg and Rudy Andeweg.Martin Rosema, Bas Denters and Kees Aarts are affiliated with the Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD) and the Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies (IGS) at the University of Twente.

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Political Representation and Policy Congruence in Modern Societies

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

Contents
pp 5-6

Preface
pp 7-8

1 - How Democracy Works: An Introduction
pp 9-18

Part I - The Basic Principles: Political Representation and Policy Congruence
pp 19-20

2 - The Dynamics of Political Representation
pp 21-38

3 - Approaching Perfect Policy Congruence: Measurement, Development, and Relevance for Political Representation
pp 39-52

4 - Dynamic Representation from Above
pp 53-76

5 - Is Governing Becoming more Contentious?
pp 77-86

Part II - The Citizen Perspective
pp 87-88

6 - Democratic Congruence Re-Established: The Perspective of ‘Substantive’ Democracy
pp 89-114

7 - Does Democratic Satisfaction Reflect Regime Performance?
pp 115-136

8 - Citizens’ Views about Good Local Governance
pp 137-158

9 - Patterns of Party Evaluations
pp 159-180

Part III - Political Representation in the European Union
pp 181-182

10 - The Electoral Consequences of Low Turnout in European Parliament Elections
pp 183-198

11 - Assessing the Quality of European Democracy: Are Voters Voting Correctly?
pp 199-220

Part IV - The Impact of the Economic Context
pp 221-222

12 - The Impact of the Economic Crisis in Europe: “I’m doing fine”
pp 223-238

13 - The Changing Macro Context of Norwegian Voters: From Center-Periphery Cleavages to Oil Wealth
pp 239-256

List of Contributors
pp 257-260

Appendix: Publications by Jacques Thomassen
pp 261-268

References
pp 269-293

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