Ideological Representation: Achieved and Astray : Elections, Institutions, and the Breakdown of Ideological Congruence in Parliamentary Democracies
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
ISBN-10
1108742130
ISBN-13
9781108742139
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 9th, 2019
Print length
268 Pages
Weight
4 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Comparative politicsPolitical structures: democracyEU & European institutions
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The processes through which democratic representation succeeds or goes astray are illustrated through examples and statistical description in nineteen countries. This book is accessible to both scholars and advanced undergraduate students of democratic representation, comparative elections, and parliamentary government.
Ideological congruence is the term generally used in comparative politics for the representative relationship between the general preferences of citizens and the perceived and stated position of government. This study provides a systematic comparative assessment of success and failure in achieving ideological congruence in nineteen developed parliamentary democracies from 1996 through to 2017. It then deconstructs the processes through which elections can connect citizens and governments into the three major stages: citizens'' votes in parliamentary elections; the conversion of those votes into legislative representation; the election of prime ministers by their parliaments and the appointment of cabinet ministers. Analyzing these three stages shows that average distance from the median citizen increases at each stage, with only a few remarkable recoveries once congruence begins to go astray.
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