TY  - BOOK
AU  - McDonald,Michael D.
AU  - Budge,Ian
TI  - Elections, parties, democracy: conferring the median mandate 
T2  - Comparative politics
SN  - 0199286728 (alk. paper)
AV  - JF 1051 M478e 2005
U1  - 324.63 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Representative government and representation
KW  - Elections
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Gouvernement reprâesentatif
KW  - âElections
KW  - Dâemocratie
N1  - 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
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0515/2005018741.html
UR  - http://www.myilibrary.com?id=119867
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0636/2005018741-d.html
ER  -