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Why Policy Representation Matters - The consequences of ideological proximity between citizens and their governments (Hardcover)
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Why Policy Representation Matters - The consequences of ideological proximity between citizens and their governments (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge-WIAS Interdisciplinary Studies
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Elections are a fundamental element of democracy, since elected
governments reflect voter preferences. At the same time, it is
inevitable that policies pursued by any government closely resemble
the preferences of some citizens, while alienating others who hold
different views. Previous works have examined how institutional
settings facilitate or hinder policy proximity between citizens and
governments. Building on their findings, the book explores a series
of "so what" questions: how and to what extent does the distance
between individual and government positions affect citizens'
propensity to vote, protest, believe in democracy, and even feel
satisfied with their lives? Using cross-national public opinion
data, this book is an original scholarly research which develops
theoretically grounded hypotheses to test the effect of
citizen-government proximity on three dependent variables. After
introducing the data (both public opinion surveys and country-level
statistics) and the methodology to be used in subsequent chapters,
one chapter each is devoted to how proximity or the absence thereof
affects political participation, satisfaction with democracy, and
happiness. Differences in political attitudes and behavior between
electoral winners and losers, and ideological moderates and
radicals, are also discussed in depth.
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