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Ian Budge: A Life Of Writing And Organising, Walking And Talking / Ken Newton -- Party Government Formation And Policy Preferences: An Encompassing Approach? / Hans Keman -- Policy Changes Of Parties In European Parliament Party Groups / Andrea Volkens -- Parties In Democracy, Democracy In Parties: Lessons From Ian Budge And The Cmp Data / Michael D. Mcdonald -- Do Parties Reflect Public Concerns? / Judith Bara -- The Dimensionality Of Party Ideologies / Iain Mclean -- Occam No, Archimedes Yes / Jack H. Nagel -- On The Dimensionality Of Political Space And On Its Inhabitants / David Robertson -- Party-defined Spaces Revisted / Michael Laver -- Ideological Considerations And Voting Behaviour: A Comparison Of Individual And Aggregate Level Approches / John Bartle -- Does The Median Voter Theorem Wipe Out Political Participation? / Paul Whiteley -- Preference Shaping And Party Competition: Some Empirical And Theoretical Arguments / Hugh Ward -- Party Competition And Deliberative Democracy / Albert Weale -- Political Tolerance: Meaning, Measurement And Context / Donald D. Searing, Ivor Crewe And Pamela Johnston Conover. Edited By Judith Bara And Albert Weale. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [312]-313) And Index.
This volume investigates the mechanisms of party competition and the evolution of democratic governance through the lens of empirical political research. Edited by Judith Bara and Albert Weale, the collection honors the career of Ian Budge by synthesizing diverse scholarly perspectives on how political parties translate public preferences into policy outcomes. The contributors utilize quantitative data and theoretical modeling to evaluate the stability and responsiveness of democratic systems across various European and global contexts.
What You Will Find
Experts recognize this collection as a significant contribution to the study of party systems and democratic theory. Scholars frequently cite the text for its rigorous application of quantitative methods to complex political phenomena.
Page Count:
0
Publication Date:
1900-01-01
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN-10:
0203965779
ISBN-13:
9780203965771
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