Do Parties Still Represent? (eBook, ePUB)

An Analysis of the Representativeness of Political Parties in Western Democracies
Redaktion: Heidar, Knut; Wauters, Bram

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the representativeness of party membership and analyses the potential consequences of changing representativeness.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351110938
• Artikelnr.: 56885174

Autorenporträt

Knut Heidar is Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo, Norway. Bram Wauters is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science of Ghent University, Belgium.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Party Membership as Linkage [Knut Heidar and Bram Wauters] 2.
Descriptive Representation in Local Party Associations and Its Implications
for Representation in Parliament: findings from the Canadian Case [William
Cross] 3. Not Exactly a Mirror Image: British Parties' Members and Voters
Compared [Tim Bale, Monica Poletti, and Paul Webb] 4. Do Australian Parties
Represent? [Anika Gauja and Jordan McSwiney] 5. Germany: The Politicization
of Party Membership [Klaus Detterbeck] 6. Belgium: Parties as Distorting
Mirrors. Descriptive and Substantive Representativeness in Flemish Parties
under Scrutiny [Robin Devroe, Benjamin de Vet, Nicolas Van de Voorde and
Bram Wauters] 7. Something for Everyone? Political Parties, Party Members
and Representation in the Netherlands [Josje den Ridder, Ruud Koole and
Joop van Holsteyn] 8. Norwegian Parties at Work: Representative Capacities
and Political Trust [Knut Heidar] 9. A Skewed Channel of Participation in
Denmark - and an Even More Skewed Recruitment Pool [Karina
Kosiara-Pedersen] 10. Representativeness of Parties: Old Problems, New
Challenges [Knut Heidar and Bram Wauters]