This essay reviews two research programs. The first focuses on variations in the number of
women elected to national parliaments in the world (descriptive representation), and the …

▪ Abstract Two large research programs have analyzed election-based connections between
citizens and policy makers in different democracies. Studies of vote-seat representation in …

Knowledge of what voters prefer is central to several theories of democratic representation
and accountability. Despite this, we know little in a comparative sense of how well politicians …

" The book's combined focus on parties as institutions and systems, alongside political
attitudes and behaviors, is why I use it... I have yet to find another text that accomplishes …

Parliamentary democracy has been widely embraced bypoliticians and especially by the
scholarly communitybut remains less widely understood. In this essay, Iidentify the …

The recent growth in research on “good governance” and the quality of government
institutions has been propelled by empirical findings that show that such institutions may …

The relationship between government, virtue, and wealth has held a special fascination
since Aristotle, and the importance of each frames policy debates today in both developed …

Recruitment to legislative office is one of the core functions of political systems, yet we know
little about how the process varies from one country to another. Passages to Power provides …

It is often held that the establishment of electoral democracy is key to the creation of political
legitimacy. This article challenges this idea and presents an alternative. Many empirical …

We examine how descriptive representation, formal representation, and responsiveness
affect the legitimacy of political decisions: Who are the representatives, how are they …