Ideological Representation: Achieved and Astray
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Ideological Representation: Achieved and Astray

Elections, Institutions, and the Breakdown of Ideological Congruence in Parliamentary Democracies

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Ideological Representation: Achieved and Astray

Elections, Institutions, and the Breakdown of Ideological Congruence in Parliamentary Democracies

About this book

Ideological congruence is the term generally used in comparative politics for the representative relationship between the general preferences of citizens and the perceived and stated position of government. This study provides a systematic comparative assessment of success and failure in achieving ideological congruence in nineteen developed parliamentary democracies from 1996 through to 2017. It then deconstructs the processes through which elections can connect citizens and governments into the three major stages: citizens' votes in parliamentary elections; the conversion of those votes into legislative representation; the election of prime ministers by their parliaments and the appointment of cabinet ministers. Analyzing these three stages shows that average distance from the median citizen increases at each stage, with only a few remarkable recoveries once congruence begins to go astray.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Tables
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. 1 Elections and Ideological Congruence in Parliamentary Democracies
  10. 2 The (Rocky) Paths to Government Congruence: Three Stages
  11. 3 Party Systems as Contexts
  12. 4 Going Astray at Stage I: Starting On – or Off – the Path to Congruence
  13. 5 Going Astray at Stage II: Legislative Representation
  14. 6 Going Astray at Stage III: Forming Governments
  15. 7 A Special Analysis Problem at Stage III: Minority Governments
  16. 8 The Costs of Ideological Congruence: Achieving and Achieved
  17. 9 Representation in Parliamentary Democracies: When Does Congruence Go Astray?
  18. References
  19. Appendix: Replication and Expansion
  20. Index