Linking citizens and parties: how electoral systems matter for political representation

Linking Citizens and Parties highlights the pathways through which citizens' political preferences are expressed by their political parties. INDICE: List of tables and figures; Preface and Acknowledgements; Part I Introduction; Citizen-Party Linkages, Political Institutions, and Types of Party; Part II Similarities across Democracies; 2: Are Moderate Parties Rewarded in Multiparty Systems?; 3: Parties' Policy Programmes and the Dog that Didn't Bark: No Evidence that Proportional Systems Promote Extreme Party Positioning; Part III: Effects of Electoral Institutions; 4: Electoral Rules, the Numberof Parties, and Niche Party Success; 5: Proximity and Votes for Mainstream and Niche Parties; 6: Mean Voter Representation versus Partisan Constituency Representation: Do Parties Respond to the Mean Voter Position or to their Supporters?; Part IV: Conclusion; 7: The Effects of Electoral Institutions; Appendix;References; Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-957252-6
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 208
• Fecha Publicación: 27/05/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés