| Description |
xix, 326 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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, ... [et al.] -- 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 Ait Mallouk. |
| Subject |
Representative government and representation.
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| Added Author |
Keman, Hans.
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| ISBN |
0761954767 |
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0761954775 (PBK.) L.24.00 |
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