Mass-elite representation gap in old and new democracies critical junctures and elite agency
The alignment of voter preferences and the preferences of their parliamentary representatives has long been understood as a vital part of representative democracy. However, recent decades have seen a considerable increase in such gaps between mass (the public) and elite (the representatives) policy...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ann Arbor, Michigan :
University of Michigan Press
2024.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | New comparative politics.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009835413906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Global mass-elite discrepancy : an introduction / Jaemin Shim
- Part I. Varieties of mass-elite discrepancy : global and EU-level conceptualization
- 2. Fifty shades of mass-elite discrepancy : varieties of political dimensions and discrepancy forms / Jaemin Shim
- 3. European integration and its different guises across Europe : a sub-dimensional perspective on mass-elite discrepancy / Andrea Parschi, Gianfranco Baldini, and Matteo Giglioli
- Part II. Theorizing causes behind mass-elite discrepancy in old and new democracies
- 4. Shadow of a critical juncture : asymmetric politicization and elite agency / Jaemin Shim
- 5. Polarization, political cleavages, and elites in old and new democracies / Simon Bornschier
- Part III. Critical junctures and mass-elite discrepancy : religious and foreign policy issues
- 6. Mass-elite religious-secular discrepancy in Tunisia : the revolution as a critical juncture / Mahmoud Farag
- 7. Lost in translation? : re-democratization and mass-elite discrepancy in Indonesian politics / Andreas Ufen
- 8. Mass-elite discrepancy over foreign policy : constitutional revision in Japan / Kenneth McElwain
- 9. Domesticizing foreign policy? : the opportunistic engagement of Bulgarian elites with mass attitudes on EU integration / Petar Bankov and Sergiu Gherghina
- Conclusion
- 10. Conclusion : what the book does and what further research might follow from it / Stephen Whitefield and Robert Rohrschneider.
