Why Policy Representation Matters

Why Policy Representation Matters
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 142
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ISBN-13 : 9781317429173
ISBN-10 : 1317429176
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Book Synopsis Why Policy Representation Matters by : Luigi Curini

Download or read book Why Policy Representation Matters written by Luigi Curini and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elections are a fundamental element of democracy, since elected governments reflect voter preferences. At the same time, it is inevitable that policies pursued by any government closely resemble the preferences of some citizens, while alienating others who hold different views. Previous works have examined how institutional settings facilitate or hinder policy proximity between citizens and governments. Building on their findings, the book explores a series of "so what" questions: how and to what extent does the distance between individual and government positions affect citizens' propensity to vote, protest, believe in democracy, and even feel satisfied with their lives? Using cross-national public opinion data, this book is an original scholarly research which develops theoretically grounded hypotheses to test the effect of citizen-government proximity on three dependent variables. After introducing the data (both public opinion surveys and country-level statistics) and the methodology to be used in subsequent chapters, one chapter each is devoted to how proximity or the absence thereof affects political participation, satisfaction with democracy, and happiness. Differences in political attitudes and behavior between electoral winners and losers, and ideological moderates and radicals, are also discussed in depth.


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