Comparative democratic politics [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to contemporary theory and research / / edited by Hans Keman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910449972403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : SAGE, c2002
• ISBN: 1-4462-2484-8; 1-4462-1752-3; 1-280-36943-4; 9786610369430; 1-4129-3261-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (347 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): KemanHans
• Disciplina: 321.8
• Soggetti: Democracy; Comparative government; Representative government and representation; Gouvernement représentatif; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-319) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume brings together a team of renowned international scholars to provide a comprehensive review of theory and research in this essential area of comparative study.