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Elections, Parties, Democracy - Conferring the Median Mandate (Hardcover)
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Elections, Parties, Democracy - Conferring the Median Mandate (Hardcover)
Series: Comparative Politics
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This bold venture into political theory and comparative politics
combines traditional concerns about democracy with modern
analytical methods. It asks how contemporary democracies work, an
essential stage in asking how they can be justified. An answer to
both questions is found in the idea of the median mandate. The
voter in the middle - the voice of the majority - empowers the
centre party in parliament to translate his or her preferences into
public policy. The median mandate provides a unified theory of
democracy - pluralist, consensus, majoritarian, liberal, and
populist - by replacing each qualified 'vision' with an integrated
account of how representative institutions work. The unified theory
is put to the test with comprehensive cross-national evidence
covering 21 democracies from 1950 through to 1995. This exciting
book will be of interest to specialists and general readers alike,
representing as it does a reaffirmation of traditional democratic
practice in an uncertain and threatening world. Comparative
Politics is a series for students and teachers of political science
that deals with contemporary government and politics. The General
Editors are Max Kaase, Professor of Political Science, Vice
President and Dean, School of Humanities and Social Science,
International University, Bremen, Germany; and Kenneth Newton,
Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Southampton. The
series is published in association with the European Consortium for
Political Research.
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