Comparative democratic politics : a guide to contemporary theory and research

Comparative democratic politics : a guide to contemporary theory and research / edited by Hans Keman.

Democracy is the most widely used way of organizing politics in the contemporary world. Comparative Democratic Politics brings together a team of renowned international scholars to provide a comprehensive review of theory and research in this essential area of comparative study.

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Other Authors: Keman, Hans
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Thousand oaks : SAGE, 2002.
Subjects:
Democracy.
Comparative government.
Representative government and representation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Comparative government
Democracy
Representative government and representation
Democratie.
Vergelijkende politicologie.
Gouvernement représentatif.
Cross-cultural studies
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. The comparative approach to democracy
  • Comparative approach to democracy / Hans Keman
  • Development of the study of comparative politics / Hans Daalder
  • Comparing democracies: theories and evidence / Hans Keman
  • pt. 2. Parties and government in democracies
  • Comparative government and democracy / Ian Budge, Richard Hofferbert, Hans Keman, Michael McDonald, Paul Pennings
  • Voters, elections and ideology in European democracies / Paul Pennings
  • In the aggregate: mass electoral behaviour in Western Europe, 1950-2000 / Peter Mair
  • pt. 3. Democratic institutions and political action
  • Interest intermediation: the cases of consociational democracy and corporatism / Klaus Armingeon
  • Impact of political parties, constitutional structures and veto players on public policy / Manfred G. Schmidt
  • Comparative politics and the welfare state / Kees van Kersbergen and Uwe Becker
  • pt. 4. The political performance of democracies
  • Policy performance in the democratic state: an emergent field of study / Francis G. Castles
  • Democratic performance: are there institutional effects? / Jan-Erik Lane and Svante Ersson
  • Democratic institutions, governance and political performance / Hans Keman with the collaboration of Malika Aït Mallouk.

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