Elections, parties, democracy : conferring the median mandate /

The authors combine traditional concerns about democracy with modern analytical methods to assess how contemporary democracies function. Their theory on the median mandate, the voice of the majority, which empowers the centre party, is tested with evidence from 21 democracies from 1950 through to 19...

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Main Author: McDonald, Michael D. (Michael Dennis), 1951-
Other Authors: Budge, Ian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The authors combine traditional concerns about democracy with modern analytical methods to assess how contemporary democracies function. Their theory on the median mandate, the voice of the majority, which empowers the centre party, is tested with evidence from 21 democracies from 1950 through to 1995.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index.
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