Multiparty Democracy: Elections and Legislative Politics

ISBN-13: 9780521450355 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 248 str.

Michael Laver; Norman Schofield

Opis

Offers a model of elections and legislative politics in Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, the US, and the UK.

Recenzje

"Multiparty Democracy is an ambitious project. Norman Schofield and Itai Sened have successfully tackled a long-standing problem in positive political theory -- that of linking together pre-electoral maneuvering, elections, coalition building, and governance in a single comprehensive framework. In doing so they have offered many innovations. Perhaps the most significant is a new emphasis on voter assessments, not only of candidate and party policy inclinations (as is fairly standard in the literature), but also of partisan fitness to govern. This is a major accomplishment and is likely to set the agenda for future research for years to come." Kenneth A. Shepsle, Harvard University

Spis treści

1. Multiparty democracy; 2. Elections and democracy; 3. A theory of political competition; 4. Elections in Israel 1988–1996; 5. Elections in Italy: 1992–1996; 6. Elections in the Netherlands: 1979–1981; 7. Elections in Britain: 1979–2005; 8. Political realignments in the U.S.; 9. Concluding remarks; 10. References; 11. Tables and figures.