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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 27 October 2005
- ISBN 9780199286720
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages272 pages
- Size 242x163x20 mm
- Weight 563 g
- Language English
- Illustrations Numerous tables and figures 0
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Short description:
How does representative democracy work in the modern age? Examining 21 post-war democracies, this strikingly innovative approach by two world-class scholars demonstrates how the voter in the middle - the median elector - empowers the centre party in parliament to translate political preferences into public policy.
MoreLong description:
This bold venture into political theory and comparative politics combines traditional concerns about democracy with modern analytical methods. It asks how contemporary democracies work, an essential stage in asking how they can be justified. An answer to both questions is found in the idea of the median mandate. The voter in the middle - the voice of the majority - empowers the centre party in parliament to translate his or her preferences into public policy. The median mandate provides a unified theory of democracy - pluralist, consensus, majoritarian, liberal, and populist - by replacing each qualified 'vision' with an integrated account of how representative institutions work. The unified theory is put to the test with comprehensive cross-national evidence covering 21 democracies from 1950 through to 1995.
This exciting book will be of interest to specialists and general readers alike, representing as it does a reaffirmation of traditional democratic practice in an uncertain and threatening world.
Comparative Politics is a series for students and teachers of political science that deals with contemporary 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, Germany; and Kenneth Newton, Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Southampton. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research.
Table of Contents:
Part 1: The Mandate Process
Choosing Governments or Identifying Preferences? The Role of Elections in Democracy
Mandate Theories: Government and Median
Communicating Preferences: The Public Policy Space
Research Questions for Comparative Investigation
Part 2: The Electoral Process
Choices Parties Offer
Mandates Without Obvious Majorities
Representing the Meidan Voter
Part 3: The Governing Process
Who Controls Short-Term Policy Making?
From Declared to Actual Policy: Short-Term Influences on Government Policies
Part 4: The Democratic Process
Long Term Policy Regimes: Incrementalism Put in Context
Fluctuating Political Forces
Politics and Policy Regimes: Setting a Long Term Equilibrium
Unifying Theories of Democracy Through the Median Mandate
