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Elections, Parties, Democracy: Conferring the Median Mandate (Comparative Politics)
Elections Parties Democracy Conferring the Median Mandate - Comparative Politics Author:Michael D. McDonald, Ian Budge How does representative democracy work in the modern age? Examining 21 post-war democracies, this strikingly innovative approach by two world-class scholars demonstrates how the voter in the middle--the median elector--empowers the centre party in parliament to translate political preferences into public policy.