TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keman,Hans
TI  - Comparative democratic politics: a guide to contemporary theory and research 
SN  - 0761954767 (hardback)
U1  - 321.8 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - London, Thousand oaks
PB  - SAGE
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Comparative government
KW  - Representative government and representation
KW  - Gouvernement représentatif
N1  - 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 Aït Mallouk
ER  -