Elections, Parties, Democracy —— Conferring the Median Mandate

----- 选举、党派、民主：授予中央授权

ISBN: 9780199286720 出版年：2006 页码：272 McDonald, Michael D Budge, Ian Oxford University Press

PART 1: THE MANDATE PROCESS 1. Choosing Governments or Identifying Preferences? The Role of Elections in Democracy 2. Mandate Theories: Government and Median 3. Communicating Preferences: The Public Policy Space 4. Research Questions for Comparative Investigation PART 2: THE ELECTORAL PROCESS 5. Choices Parties Offer 6. Mandates Without Obvious Majorities 7. Representing the Meidan Voter PART 3: THE GOVERNING PROCESS 8. Who Controls Short-Term Policy Making? 9. From Declared to Actual Policy: Short-Term Influences on Government Policies PART 4: THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS 10. Long Term Policy Regimes: Incrementalism Put in Context 11. Fluctuating Political Forces 12. Politics and Policy Regimes: Setting a Long Term Equilibrium 13. Unifying Theories of Democracy Through the Median Mandate