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ABSTRACT. Comparative policy research
has created problems for traditional justifications of democracy as
being uniquely responsive to popular opinion. There seems little party
convergence on majority opinion in practice. Few governments rest on
spontaneous popular majorities.
‘Consensus democracy’ relies on party elites making policy by excluding
popular passions. Can a necessary connection between public opinion and
public policy only be made by direct policy voting under direct
democracy? We suggest an alternative mechanism – a ‘median mandate’ –
and check evidence for its operation in 16 nations from 1972-91 in the
important area of central government size, a key component of
left-right differences. |
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Name: The Midwest Political Science Association
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/
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MLA Citation:
| McDonald, Michael., Budge, Ian. and Keman, Hans. "Linking Popular Preferences toPublic Policy: Median Voters, Median Parties, and Central GovernmentSize" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, Apr 15, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p83001_index.html> |
APA Citation:
| McDonald, M. , Budge, I. and Keman, H. , 2004-04-15 "Linking Popular Preferences toPublic Policy: Median Voters, Median Parties, and Central GovernmentSize" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p83001_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: ABSTRACT. Comparative policy research
has created problems for traditional justifications of democracy as
being uniquely responsive to popular opinion. There seems little party
convergence on majority opinion in practice. Few governments rest on
spontaneous popular majorities.
‘Consensus democracy’ relies on party elites making policy by excluding
popular passions. Can a necessary connection between public opinion and
public policy only be made by direct policy voting under direct
democracy? We suggest an alternative mechanism – a ‘median mandate’ –
and check evidence for its operation in 16 nations from 1972-91 in the
important area of central government size, a key component of
left-right differences. |
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| Can Elections Direct Policy? Median Voters Median Parties and Central Government Size Michael D. McDonald Ian Budge Hans Keman Dept of Political Science Dept of Government Dept of Political Science & Public Administration Binghamton University (SUNY) University of Essex Vrije Universiteit Bartle Library Bldg Wivenhoe Park De Boelelaan 1105 Binghamton NY 13902-6000 Colchester CO4 350 1081 HV Amsterdam United States United Kingdom The Netherlands Phone: (607) 777 2946 +44 (0) 1206 546622 +31 20 444 6826 Fax: (607) 777 |
| .125 Economy .006 .006 .006 Unemployment .077 .027 .078 .542 Rate .046 .042 .046 Inflation .114 .117 .116 .806 Rate .029 .029 .029 Govt$ as .850 .876 .856 ~~~~ % GDPt-1 .033 .032 .033 Intercept .121 -.090 -.100 -.694 .927 .958 .947 Summary Statistics 2 R .969 .969 .970 se 1.79 1.81 1.79 |
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