Research Catalog

Title

Elections, parties, democracy : conferring the median mandate / Michael D. McDonald and Ian Budge.

Author

McDonald, Michael D. (Michael Dennis), 1951-

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

Budge, Ian.

Description

xiv, 257 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Comparative politics

Uniform Title

Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)

Subjects

• Democracy
• Representative government and representation
• Elections

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-252) and index.

Contents

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 -- Choices parties offer -- Mandates without obvious majorities? -- Representing the median voter -- Who controls short-term policymaking? -- From declared to actual policy : short-term influences on government policies -- 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.

Call Number

JFE 06-5225

ISBN

0199286728 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005018741
• 9780199286720

OCLC

60826519

Author

McDonald, Michael D. (Michael Dennis), 1951-

Title

Elections, parties, democracy : conferring the median mandate / Michael D. McDonald and Ian Budge.

Imprint

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Series

Comparative politics

Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-252) and index.

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Added Author

Budge, Ian.

Other Standard Identifier

9780199286720

Research Call Number

JFE 06-5225