Election promises, party behaviour and voter perceptions /

An exploration of whether politicians are perceived to keep their election promises. While scholars claim that parties act on most of their election promises, citizens hold the opposite view. This 'Pledge Puzzle' guides Naurin in her analysis of the often referred to but not empirically in...

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Main Author: Naurin, Elin, 1975-
Corporate Author: Ebooks Corporation
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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Summary:An exploration of whether politicians are perceived to keep their election promises. While scholars claim that parties act on most of their election promises, citizens hold the opposite view. This 'Pledge Puzzle' guides Naurin in her analysis of the often referred to but not empirically investigated, 'conventional wisdom' about election promises.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 193 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780230319332 (electronic)
0230319335 (electronic)