Policy Representation in Western Democracies

Miller, Warren; Pierce, Roy; Thomassen, Jacques; Herrera, Richard; Holmberg, Sören; Esaisson, Peter; Webels, Bernhard

ISBN 10: 0198295707 / ISBN 13: 9780198295709

Published by Oxford University Press, 2000

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From publisher s library. No marking on the jacket, library marking on spine. Bookplate on inside cover and library stamp, otherwise book is new, never read, pages clean and crisp, spine unbroken. 0423C.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Policy Representation in Western Democracies
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198295707
• ISBN 13: 9780198295709
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Policy Representation in Western Democracies offers a comparative analysis of policy representation in five Western Democracies: France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the US. A leading group of authors examines the impact of belief systems and geographical and institutional characteristics on the match between the policy preferences of the electorate and those of their representatives. The book offers a variety of perspectives on the conceptualization, measurement, and interpretation of congruence between mass and elite opinion. The book also evaluates the consequences of different electoral systems for policy representation.

Review

This book does a fine job of educating the reader on the complexity and difficulty in determining what policy representation entails. Furthermore, the authors make a significant contribution to the comparative study of the subject. Those who are intrigued and challenged by the concept of representation will find this book to be an interesting piece of the policy representation puzzle. (American Political Science Review, 2001)