Abstract Public Opinion Quarterly at its outset focused heavily on the influences on public
opinion, predicated on the assumption of its strong impact on politics and policymaking. Has …

Popular support for the welfare state varies greatly across nations and policy domains. We
argue that these variations—vital to understanding the politics of the welfare state—reflect in …

The Manifesto data are the only comprehensive set of policy indicators for social, economic
and political research. It is thus vital that their quality is established. The purpose of this book …

As a core principle of contemporary democracy, political representation has been the
subject of numerous studies. In particular, responsiveness has been thoroughly examined …

Representative democracy entails governments that are both responsive and responsible.
Mair argued that political parties find it increasingly difficult to balance these two tasks. With …

Do parties learn from or emulate parties in other political systems? This research develops
the argument that parties are more likely to employ the heuristic of learning from and …

In modern, policy-heavy democracies, blame games about policy controversies are
commonplace. Despite their ubiquity, blame games are notoriously difficult to study. This …

A strong link between citizen preferences and public policy is one of the key goals and
criteria of democratic governance. Yet, our knowledge about the extent to which public …

Conventional wisdom has it that political parties have incentives to respond to public
opinion. It is also conventional wisdom that in open economies, policymakers must also …

As a key subject within the field of political science, democratic representation has been
studied widely. One aspect of democracy, related to the functioning of representation, is …