Elections as instruments of democracy : majoritarian and proportional visions /

This text explores elections as instruments of democracy. Focusing on elections in 20 democracies over the last 25 years, it examines the differences between two visions of democracy - the majoritarian vision and the proportional influence vision.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Powell, G. Bingham (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2000]
Colección:Renaissance in Europe Ser. A Cultural Enquiry.
Temas:
Elections.
Democracy.
Representative government and representation.
Majorities.
Proportional representation.
Functional representation.
Democracy
Élections.
Démocratie.
Gouvernement représentatif.
Majorité (Droit constitutionnel)
Représentation professionnelle.
Représentation proportionnelle.
elections.
democracy.
89.57 political participation.
89.75 international conflicts: general.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
Politics and Government.
Demokratie
Wahl
Verkiezingen.
Democratie.
Kiesstelsels.
Eleições (processo político)
Système électoral.
Représentation politique.
Majorité (droit constitutionnel)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Elections as instruments of democracy
  • Constitutional designs as visions of majoritarian or proportional democracy
  • Accountability: conditions for citizen control
  • Conditions for mandates: identifiability and majority
  • A vision of dispersed political power: authorized representation in policy making
  • Testing the vision: responsiveness in selecting governments and policymakers
  • Citizen preferences and party positions
  • The majoritarian policy vision: decisive elections, governments, and the median citizen
  • The proportional influence vision: representing the median citizen through a multistage process
  • Overview of the elections as instruments of democracy.

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