Political representation
Subtitle: roles, representatives and the represented
By: edited by Marc Bühlmann and Jan Fivaz
Series: Routledge research on social and political elites -- 7
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781138956278; 9781315665788
Subjects: Representative government and representation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Marc Bühlmann and Jan Fivaz; title: 2. A selection model for political representation / Jane Mansbridge; title: 3. Beyond trustees and delegates / Andrew Rehfeld; title: 4. Institutional constraints and territorial representation / Audrey André, Sam Depauw and Kris Deschouwer; title: 5. Promises and lies. An empirical comparison of Swiss MPs pre- and post-electoral positions / Lisa Schädel, Daniel Schwarz and Andreas Ladner; title: 6. Beyond congruence / Lisa Disch; title: 7. Dimensionality of the European issue space / Jan Kleinnijenhuis and André Krouwel; title: 8. Representation of political opinions: is the structuring pattern of policy preferences the same for citizens and elites? / Jan Rosset, Georg Lutz and Kathrin Kissau; title: 9. Alignment of objectives between parties and their electors: the role of personal issue salience in political representation / Nathalie Giger and Zoe Lefkofridi; title: 10. Studying the voter-party match. Congruence and incongruence between voters and parties / Jonas Lefevere, Stefaan Walgrave, Michiel Nuytemans and Koen Pepermans; title: 11. Measuring representation: rethinking the role of exclusion / Suzanne Dovi; title: 12. Conclusion / Marc Bühlmann and Jan Fivaz.