Election promises, party behaviour and voter perceptions
By: Elin Naurin
Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780230290853
Subjects: Political campaigns; Campaign promises; Public opinion
Description: xiv, 193 p. : 23 cm
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The pledge puzzle; title: Election promises in representative democratic theory; title: Definitions of election promises in empirical research; title: Do parties fulfil their election promises?; title: How widespread is the image of the promise-breaking politician?; title: Just general distrust?; title: Citizens' definitions of fulfilled election promises; title: Promising democracy.