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Using interview data from studies with voters and members of parliament, both in 1968/69 and in 1985, Swedish representational democracy is assessed. The analysis focuses on four linkage processes ‐ social representation. role representation, policy representation and anticipatory representation. The results are compared with Converse and Pierce's from their study of political representation in France. In their analysis they find the French system falling ‘short of its potential for much of the electorate much of the time’. Heinz Eulau, in a review article of Converse and Pierce's book. goes one step further, branding the French democracy as elitist and run by unresponsive parties. Looking at the results from the Swedish studies, an Eulaucan conclusion seems a bit drastic, while a verdict of the kind Converse and Pierce delivered for France may be too lenient. Clearly, the Swedish system is far from any model of popular representation run from below. A more elitist model. with an emphasis on policy leadership on the part of the political parties, fits most of our results much b

ISSN:0080-6757    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9477.1989.tb00079.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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Although local political leaders have fewer policy instruments available than national politicians, they nevertheless engage heavily in the creation of political business cycles, i.e. they try to locate and time the costs and benefits of government policies in such as way as to optimize voter support. The study, which is based on data from the four Nordic countries and Italy and France, shows that expenditures tend to grow faster the closer the local election, while political action to increase local taxes is generally taken only in mid‐term years. If one wants to predict how local tax rates and expenditures change, it is as important to know the number of years' to the next election as it is to know the change in the fiscal capabilities of local government

ISSN:0080-6757    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9477.1989.tb00080.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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In this article we investigate the impact of welfare state issues on the outcome of the Norwegian parliamentary election of 1985. With data from the NSD Commune Data Base we demonstrate that the gains of Labour were positively correlated with the peripheral location of the commune, the level of unemployment. the proportion of disabled pensioners, and a weak supply of health services. The results from a multivariate analysis of survey panel data show that the increase in Labour vote was strongest among those who said that the health issue was most decisive for their choice of party. Despite strong statistical controls some regional effects remain, and we speculate that regions also may carry a symbolic significance that is not captured by traditional aggregate indicators. Finally, we combine the two data sets to see if aggregate variables exhibit a direct contextual impact on individual behaviour. The results of this effort are mostly negative, a finding that invokes a renewed discussion of incompatibilities of micro and macro analysis.

ISSN:0080-6757    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9477.1989.tb00081.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0080-6757    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9477.1989.tb00082.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Book reviewed in this article:Svein S. Andersen:British and Norwegian Offshore Industrial Relations.Michael Gallagher and Peter Marsh:Candidate Selection in Comparative Perspective. The Secret Garden of PoliticsT. Miller:Consulting Citizens in Sweden. Planning Participation in Context.

ISSN:0080-6757    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9477.1989.tb00083.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY