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