Does proportional representation foster closer congruence between citizens and policy makers?

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1243-1262

  Blais, André ^a   Bodet, Marc André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congruence; Electoral system; Proportional representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750292633     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414005284374     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Alvarez, R. M., & Nagler, J. (1998). Economics, entitlements, and social issues: Voter choice in the 1996 presidential election. American Journal of Political Science, 42, 1349-1363.
2. Alvarez, R. M., & Nagler, J. (2004). Party system compactness: Measurement and consequences. Political Analysis, 12, 46-62.
3. Alvarez, R. M., Nagler, J., & Bowler, S. (2000). Issues, economics, and the dynamics of multiparty elections. American Political Science Review, 94, 131-149.
4. Blais, A. (1991). The debate over electoral systems. International Political Science Review, 12, 239-260.
5. Blais, A., Blake, D., & Dion, S. (1993). Do parties make a difference? Parties and the size of government in liberal democracies. American Journal of Political Science, 37, 40-62.
6. Blais, A., & Carty, K. (1987). The impact of electoral formulae on the creation of majority governments. Electoral Studies, 5, 109-118.
7. Blais, A., & Carty, K. (1988). The effectiveness of the plurality rule. British Journal of Political Science, 18, 550-553.
8. Blais, A., & Massicotte, L. (2002). Electoral systems. In L. LeDuc, R. G. Niemi, & P. Norris (Eds.), Comparing democracies 2: New challenges in the study of elections and voting (pp. 40-69). London: Sage.
9. Clarke, H., Sanders, D., Stewart, M., & Whiteley, P. (2004). Political choice in Britain. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
10. Converse, P. E., & Pierce, R. (1986). Political representation in France. Cambridge, UK: Harvard University Press.
11. Cox, G. W. (1997). Making votes count: Strategic coordination in the world's electoral systems. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
12. Dalton, R. (1985). Political parties and political representation: Party supporters and party elites in nine nations. Comparative Political Studies, 18, 267-299.
13. Downs, A. (1957). An economic theory of democracy. New York: Harper.
14. Duverger, M. (1954). Political parties. New York: John Wiley.
15. Finer, S. E. (1975). Adversary politics and electoral reform. London: Wigram.
16. Franzese, R., Jr. (2002). Macroeconomic policies of developed democracies. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
17. Gallagher, M. (1991). Proportionality, disproportionality, and electoral systems. Electoral Studies, 10, 33-51.
18. Huber, J. D. (1989). Values and partisanship in Left-Right orientations: Measuring ideology. European Journal of Political Research, 17, 599-621.
19. Huber, J. D., & Powell, B., Jr. (1994). Congruence between citizens and policymakers in two visions of liberal democracy. World Politics, 46, 291-326.
20. Inglehart, R., & Klingemann, H.-D. (1976). Party identification, ideological preference and the Left-Right dimension among western mass publics. In I. Budge (Ed.), Party identification and beyond (pp. 243-273). London: John Wiley.
21. Katz, R. S. (1997). Democracy and elections. New York: Oxford University Press.
22. Kim, H., & Fording, R. C. (1998). Voter ideology in Western democracies. European Journal of Political Science, 33, 73-97.
23. Kim, H., & Fording, R. C. (2002). Government partisanship in Western democracies, 1945-1998. European Journal of Political Science, 41, 187-206.
24. Kim, H., & Fording, R. C. (2003). Voter ideology in Western democracies: An update. European Journal of Political Science, 42, 95-105.
25. Korpi, W., & Palme, J. (2003). New politics and class politics in the context of austerity and globalization: Welfare state regress in 18 countries. American Political Science Review, 97, 425-446.
26. Lakeman, E. (1974). How democracies vote: A study of electoral systems. London: Faber and Faber.
27. Laver, M., & Budge, I. (Eds.). (1993). Party policy and coalition government in Western Europe. London: Macmillan.
28. Lijphart, A. (1994). Electoral systems and party systems: A study of twenty-seven democracies, 1945-1990. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
29. Long, J. S. (1997). Regression models for categorical and limited dependent variables (Vol. 7). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
30. Macdonald, S. E., Rabinowitz, G., & Listhaug, O. (1998). On attempting to rehabilitate the proximity model: Sometimes the patient just can't be helped. Journal of Politics, 60, 653-690.
31. McDonald, M. D., Mendes, S. M., & Budge, I. (2004). What are elections for? Conferring the median mandate. British Journal of Political Science, 34, 1-26.
32. Ordeshook, P. C. (1997). The spatial analysis of elections and committees: Four decades of research. In D. C. Mueller (Ed.), Perspectives on public choice: A handbook (pp. 247-270). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
33. Osborne, M. J. (1993). Candidate positioning and entry in a political competition. Games and Economic Behavior, 5, 133-151.
34. Persson, T., & Tabellini, G. (2003). The economic effects of constitutions. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
35. Powell, G. B., Jr. (2000). Elections as instruments of democracy. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
36. Powell, G. B., Jr., & Vanberg, G. S. (2000). Election laws, disproportionality and Left-Right dimension. British Journal of Political Science, 30, 383-411.
37. Schofield, N. (1993). Political competition and multiparty coalition government. European Journal of Political Research, 23, 575-594.
38. Sharman, C., Sayers, A. M., & Miragliotta, N. (2002). Trading party preferences: The Australian experience of preferential voting. Electoral Studies, 21, 543-560.
39. Strøm, K. (1990). Minority government and majority rule. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
40. Taagepera, R., & Soberg Shugart, M. (1989). Seats and votes: The effects of determinants of electoral systems. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.