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Democratie : theorie en praktijk
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ISBN: 9014028911 Year: 1981 Volume: vol *36 Publisher: Alphen aan den Rijn Samsom

The European voter: a comparative study of modern democracies
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ISBN: 0199273219 9780199273218 Year: 2005 Publisher: Oxford Oxford University Press

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This book provides a systematic comparative analysis of how and why voting behaviour has changed in Europe in recent decades. It has been widely argued that radical changes have occurred in the how and why of voting behaviour in Europe as a result of changes in the structure of society, most notably the rise in material affluence and educational attainment, and the decline in religious observance and the size of the working class. But most tests of this proposition have been undertaken on single countries. This book, however, systematically tests the validity of this proposition across various European countries. The argument that social change has altered voting behaviour has been increasingly challenged on the grounds that it takes too little account of changes in the choices that are put before voters by the parties, such as the promises and proposals that are put forward at election time. This book, therefore, also assesses the relative explanatory power of claims that voting behaviour has changed because of changes in society against claims that it responds to changes in the offerings of political parties.And it is clear from the analyses reported in this book that contrary to the claims of much of the extant literature, the latter argument appears better able to account for many of the patterns and changes in European voting behaviour, and thus the book constitutes an important challenge to much current academic orthodoxy. This is the first book to provide a systematic comparison of the long-term dynamics of the voting behaviour of individual voters across such a wide range of European countries, taking into account the dynamics of the choices put before voters by the parties and, for the first time, relating this to the way voters behave. "Comparative Politics" is a series for students and teachers of political science that deals with contemporary issues in comparative government and politics. The General Editors are Max Kaase, Professor of Political Science, Vice President and Dean, School of Humanities and Social Science, International University Bremen; and Kenneth Newton, Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Southampton. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research.

Political representation and legitimacy in the European Union
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ISBN: 0198296614 9780198296614 Year: 1999 Publisher: Oxford Oxford University Press


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The Oxford Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies
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ISBN: 9780198825081 0198825080 Year: 2020 Publisher: Oxford Oxford University Press

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The Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies offers a state-of-the-art assessment of the functioning of political representation in liberal democracies. In 34 chapters the world's leading scholars on the various aspects of political representation address eight broad themes: The concept and theories of political representation, its history and the main requisites for its development; elite orientations and behavior; descriptive representation; party government and representation; non-electoral forms of political participation and how they relate to political representation; the challenges to representative democracy originating from the growing importance of non-majoritarian institutions and social media; the rise of populism and its consequences for the functioning of representative democracy; the challenge caused by economic and political globlization: what does it mean for the functioning of political representation at the national leval and is it possible to develop institutions of representative democracy at a level above the state that meet the normative criteria of representative democracy and are supported by the people? The various chapters offer a comprehensive review of the literature on the various aspects of political representation. The main organizing principle of the Handbook is the chain of political representation, the chain connecting the interests and policy preferences of the people to public policy via political parties, parliament, and government. Most of the chapters assessing the functioning of the chain of political representation and its various links are based on original comparative political research. Comparative research on political representation and its various subfields has developed dramatically over the last decades so that even ten years ago a Handbook like this would have looked totally different. (Provided by publisher)


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Political representation and European Union governance
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ISBN: 9780415582940 Year: 2011 Publisher: London Routledge

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The European Parliament: moving toward democracy in the EU
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ISBN: 0742501256 Year: 2002 Publisher: Lanham, Md Rowman & Littlefield

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The European Parliament : moving toward democracy in the EU
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ISBN: 0742501264 Year: 2002 Publisher: Totowa Rowman & Littlefield

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De wankele democratie : heeft de democratie haar beste tijd gehad?
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ISBN: 9789035140523 Year: 2014 Publisher: Amsterdam Prometheus/Bert Bakker

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