Do Parties Still Represent?: An Analysis of the Representativeness of Political Parties in Western Democracies

by Knut Heidar

This book examines the representativeness of party membership and analyses the potential consequences of changing representativeness.

Parties with high membership ratios, as well as those experiencing severe decline, are compared and examined across countries with varying constitutional arrangements and party systems. The book discusses whether changing representative capacities lead to declining political representation of (group)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367730413
• ISBN13: 9780367730413
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 186 Pages