Hans Keman (ed.)

Comparative Democratic Politics

A Guide to Contemporary Theory and Research
Herausgeber: Keman, Hans

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Democracy is the most widely used way of organizing politics in the contemporary world. Comparative Democratic Politics brings together a team of renowned international scholars to provide a comprehensive review of theory and research in this essential area of comparative study. Four major themes covered are:· the contribution of comparative politics as a distinct field within political science to our understanding of democracy, democratic politics and democratic theory· what we can learn from a comparative analysis of the role, functioning and behaviour of the principal actors (electorate, parties and institutions) across nations · the relationship between politics and public policy formation and processes of democratic decision-making and corresponding policy-making capacity· how we measure contemporary democracy or democratic performance in both a procedural and material sense.Comparative Democratic Politics will be essential reading for all students and academics of political science and public policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications UK
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 529g
• ISBN-13: 9780761954774
• ISBN-10: 0761954775
• Artikelnr.: 21397001

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: THE COMPARATIVE APPROACH TO DEMOCRACY
The Comparative Approach to Democracy - Hans Keman
The Development of the Study of Comparative Politics - Hans Daalder
Comparing Democracies - Hans Keman
Theories and Evidence
PART TWO: 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 - Peter Mair
Mass Electoral Behaviour in Western Europe, 1950-2000
PART THREE: DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICAL ACTION
Interest Intermediation - Klaus Armingeon
The Cases of Consociational Democracy and Corporatism
The 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
PART FOUR: THE POLITICAL PERFORMANCE OF DEMOCRACIES
Policy Performance in the Democratic State - Francis G Castles
An Emergent Field of Study
Democratic Performance - Jan-Erik Lane and Svante Ersson
Are There Institutional Effects?
Democratic Institutions, Governance and Political Performance - Hans Keman
with Malika A[um]it Mallouk