02666nam a22003611a 4500 ebr10080935 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 040607s2002 enka sb 001 0 eng 2004300257 GBA1-U7761 0761954767 (hardback) 0761954775 (PBK.) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)70774187 JC423 .C66 2002eb 321.8 21 Comparative democratic politics [electronic resource] : a guide to contemporary theory and research / edited by Hans Keman. London ; Thousand oaks : SAGE, 2002. xix, 326 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-319) and index. Pt. 1. The comparative approach to democracy -- Comparative approach to democracy / Hans Keman -- Development of the study of comparative politics / Hans Daalder -- Comparing democracies: theories and evidence / Hans Keman -- Pt. 2. Parties and government in democracies -- Comparative government and democracy / Ian Budge, Richard Hofferbert, Hans Keman, Michael McDonald, Paul Pennings -- Voters, elections and ideology in European democracies / Paul Pennings -- In the aggregate: mass electoral behaviour in Western Europe, 1950-2000 / Peter Mair -- Pt. 3. Democratic institutions and political action -- Interest intermediation: the cases of consociational democracy and corporatism / Klaus Armingeon -- Impact of political parties, constitutional structures and veto players on public policy / Manfred G. Schmidt -- Comparative politics and the welfare state / Kees van Kersbergen and Uwe Becker -- Pt. 4. The political performance of democracies -- Policy performance in the democratic state: an emergent field of study / Francis G. Castles -- Democratic performance: are there institutional effects? / Jan-Erik Lane and Svante Ersson -- Democratic institutions, governance and political performance / Hans Keman with the collaboration of Malika A�it Mallouk. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Democracy. Comparative government. Representative government and representation. Gouvernement repr�esentatif. Electronic books. local Keman, Hans. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10080935 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 55551 55551