03049nam 2200649 a 450 991045191020332120200520144314.01-281-19051-997866111905140-19-152853-61-4356-2216-2(CKB)1000000000482000(EBL)415231(OCoLC)191045568(SSID)ssj0000136652(PQKBManifestationID)11162451(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136652(PQKBWorkID)10082419(PQKB)11370661(MiAaPQ)EBC415231(Au-PeEL)EBL415231(CaPaEBR)ebr10220171(CaONFJC)MIL119051(EXLCZ)99100000000048200020070524d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDemocratic representation in Europe[electronic resource] diversity, change, and convergence /edited by Maurizio Cotta and Heinrich BestOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (552 p.)Comparative politics"ECPR."0-19-923420-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [483]-508) and index.Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Preface; 1. Parliamentary Representatives from Early Democratization to the Age of Consolidated Democracy: National Variations and International Convergence in a Long-term Perspective; Part I. Dimensions of Variation; Part II. Variations across Party Families; Part III. Comprehensive Analyses; References; IndexThis book contributes to a better understanding of relations between social and political change, and the importance of institutional factors in shaping the political elites of European democracies. It helps to substantiate theoretical debates in the social and political sciences on issues such as historical institutionalism and path dependency. - ;Democratic Representation in Europe: Diversity, Change and convergence explores representation as a core element of democracies in the modern era. Over the past 150 years parliamentary representation has developed into a main link between polity andComparative politics (Oxford University Press)Representative government and representationEuropean Union countriesDemocracyEuropean Union countriesEuropePolitics and government1989-Electronic books.Representative government and representationDemocracy328.4/07334Cotta Maurizio1947-118838Best Heinrich802127European Consortium for Political Research.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451910203321Democratic representation in Europe2176420UNINA