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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.Description: xiv, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0199286728 (alk. paper)
  • 9780199286720 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 324.63
LOC classification:
  • JF 1051 M478e 2005
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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.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JF 1051 M478e 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000064728

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

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.

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