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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191536809 0191536806 1423788931 9781423788935 9780191603327 0191603325 0199286728 9780199286720 1281198676 9781281198679 9786611198671 6611198679 |