McDonald, Michael D.  1951- <br/><br/>
Elections, parties, democracy :  conferring the median mandate / 
Michael D. McDonald and Ian Budge. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2005. 
 - xiv, 257 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Comparative politics .
 - Comparative politics (Oxford University Press) .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-252) and index. 
<br/><br/>Choosing governments or identifying preferences? : the role of elections in democracy -- Mandate theories : government and median -- Communicating preferences : the public policy space -- Research questions for comparative investigation -- Choices parties offer -- Mandates without obvious majorities? -- Representing the median voter -- Who controls short-term policymaking? -- From declared to actual policy : short-term influences on government policies -- Long-term policy regimes : incrementalism put in context -- Fluctuating political forces -- Politics and policy regimes : setting a long-term equilibrium -- Unifying theories of democracy through the median mandate. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0199286728 (alk. paper) 9780199286720 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9780199286720  (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005018741 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA568722  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013274057  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Representative government and representation.<br/>Elections.<br/>Democracy.<br/>Gouvernement reprâesentatif.<br/>âElections.<br/>Dâemocratie.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JF 1051  / M478e 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>324.63