Policy Representation in Western Democracies
Roy Pierce author Bernhard Weßels author Warren Miller author Jacques Thomassen author Sören Holmberg author Richard Herrera author Peter Esaisson author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:28th Oct '99
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Policy Representation in Western Democracies offers a comparative analysis of policy representation in five Western Democracies: France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the US. A leading group of authors examines the impact of belief systems and geographical and institutional characteristics on the match between the policy preferences of the electorate and those of their representatives. The book offers a variety of perspectives on the conceptualization, measurement, and interpretation of congruence between mass and elite opinion. The book also evaluates the consequences of different electoral systems for policy representation.
This book does a fine job of educating the reader on the complexity and difficulty in determining what policy representation entails. Furthermore, the authors make a significant contribution to the comparative study of the subject. Those who are intrigued and challenged by the concept of representation will find this book to be an interesting piece of the policy representation puzzle. * American Political Science Review, 2001 *
ISBN: 9780198295709
Dimensions: 242mm x 163mm x 15mm
Weight: 418g
196 pages