Elections, Parties, Democracy

Conferring the Median Mandate

Autor: Michael D. McDonald, Ian Budge

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Vazba: Pevná

Vydavatel: Oxford University Press

Dostupnost: Skladem u dodavatele

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This bold venture into political theory and comparative politics combines traditional concerns about...

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Autor

Michael D. McDonald, Ian Budge

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Pevná

Vydáno

2005

Stránek

272

EAN

9780199286720

ISBN

0199286728

Enbook ID

04531748

Vydavatel

Oxford University Press

Hmotnost

548

Rozměry

166 x 243 x 21

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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.

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