How Democracy Works
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How Democracy Works

Political Representation and Policy Congruence in Modern Societies

  1. 293 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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How Democracy Works

Political Representation and Policy Congruence in Modern Societies

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Preface
  3. 1. How Democracy Works: An Introduction
  4. Part I. The Basic Principles: Political Representation and Policy Congruence
  5. 2. The Dynamics of Political Representation
  6. 3. Approaching Perfect Policy Congruence: Measurement, Development, and Relevance for Political Representation
  7. 4. Dynamic Representation from Above
  8. 5. Is Governing Becoming more Contentious?
  9. Part II. The Citizen Perspective
  10. 6. Democratic Congruence Re-Established: The Perspective of ā€˜Substantiveā€™ Democracy
  11. 7. Does Democratic Satisfaction Reflect Regime Performance?
  12. 8. Citizensā€™ Views about Good Local Governance
  13. 9. Patterns of Party Evaluations
  14. Part III. Political Representation in the European Union
  15. 10. The Electoral Consequences of Low Turnout in European Parliament Elections
  16. 11. Assessing the Quality of European Democracy: Are Voters Voting Correctly?
  17. Part IV. The Impact of the Economic Context
  18. 12. The Impact of the Economic Crisis in Europe: ā€œIā€™m doing fineā€
  19. 13. The Changing Macro Context of Norwegian Voters: From Center- Periphery Cleavages to Oil Wealth
  20. List of Contributors
  21. Appendix: Publications by Jacques Thomassen
  22. References