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In How Democracy WorksModern Societies a group of leading scholars analyzes the functioning of contemporary democracies by focusing on two basic principles: political representation and policy congruence. Drawing on recent survey data from a variety of national and international research projects, they demonstrate how political representation works and mostly leads to a fair degree of policy congruence between citizens and their representatives. They also present new insights on the sources of satisfaction with democracy and the impact of the economy on elections and political trust. This book is published on the occasion of the retirement of Jacques Thomassen as distinguished professor of political science at the University of Twente. The contributors include Russell Dalton, Hans- Dieter Klingemann, Pippa Norris, Ola Listhaug, Hanne Marthe Narud, Jan van Deth, Peter Mair, Cees van der Eijk, Hermann Schmitt, S ren Holmberg and Rudy Andeweg.
Contents
Preface[-]How Democracy Works[-] An Introduction[-] Martin Rosema, Kees Aarts and Bas Denters[-]Part I[-]The Basic Principles: Political Representation and Policy Congruence[-]The Dynamics of Political Representation[-] Russell J. Dalton, David M. Farrell and Ian McAllister[-]Approaching Perfect Policy Congruence[-]Measurement, Development, and Relevance of Political Representation[-] Rudy B. Andeweg[-]Dynamic Representation from Above[-] S ren Holmberg[-]Is Governing Becoming more Contentious?[-] Peter Mair[-]Part II[-]The Citizen Perspective[-]Democratic Congruence Re-Established[-]The Perspective of 'Substantive' Democracy[-] Christian Welzel and Hans-Dieter Klingemann[-]Does Democratic Satisfaction Reflect Regime Performance?[-] Pippa Norris[-]Citizens' Views about Good Local Governance[-] Bas Denters, Oscar Gabriel and Lawrence E. Rose[-]Patterns of Party Evaluations[-] Kees Aarts and Bernt Aardal[-]Part III[-]Political Representation in the European Union[-]The Electoral Consequences of Low Turnout in European Parliament Elections[-] Cees van der Eijk, Hermann Schmitt and Eliyahu V. Sapir[-]Assessing the Quality of European Democracy[-]Are Voters Voting Correctly?[-] Martin Rosema and Catherine E. de Vries[-]Part IV[-]The Impact of the Economic Context[-]The Impact of the Economic Crisis in Europe: -I'm doing fine [-] Jan W. van Deth[-]The Changing Macro Context of Norwegian Voters[-]From Center-Periphery Cleavages to Oil Wealth[-] Ola Listhaug and Hanne Marthe Narud[-]List of Contributors[-]Appendix: Publications by Jacques Thomassen[-]References
