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The opinion-policy nexus in Europe and the role of political institutions
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Abstract 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 policies on specific issues are in line with citizen preferences in Europe is limited. This article reports on the first stud... mehr
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 policies on specific issues are in line with citizen preferences in Europe is limited. This article reports on the first study of the link between public opinion and public policy that covers a large and diverse sample of concrete public policy issues in 31 European democracies. The findings demonstrate a strong positive relationship and a substantial degree of congruence between public opinion and the state of public policy. Also examined is whether political institutions, including electoral systems and the horizontal and vertical division of powers, influence the opinion‐policy link. The evidence for such effects is very limited, which suggests that the same institutions might affect policy representation in countervailing ways through different mechanisms.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Repräsentation; öffentliche Meinung; politische Institution; Präferenz; Wahlsystem; Regressionsanalyse; Staatstätigkeit; Demokratie; Governance; EVS; Eurobarometer; European Social Survey; Europa; Island; Portugal; Estland; Rumänien; Frankreich; Schweden; Österreich; Griechenland; Ungarn; Malta; Niederlande; Slowakei; Zypern; Dänemark; Finnland; Litauen; Bulgarien; Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Spanien; Luxemburg; Kroatien; Lettland; Norwegen; Großbritannien; Belgien; Slowenien; Schweiz; Tschechische Republik; Irland; Italien; Polen; Querschnittuntersuchung; Mehrebenenanalyse; Gewaltenteilung; ISSP
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
policy representation; policy congruence; policy responsiveness; Eurobarometer 54.2, 56.1, 67.3, 69.1, 72.3, 73.1, 74.1, 76.2, 77.1; Flash Eurobarometer 114, 253, 388; International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) 1999, 2003, 2006; European Election Study (EES) 2009; European Values Study (EVS) 4; European Social Survey (ESS) 1
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2019
Seitenangabe
S. 412-434
Zeitschriftentitel
European Journal of Political Research, 58 (2019) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12286
ISSN
1475-6765
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0