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Dynamics of public opinion and policy response under proportional and plurality elections
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Abstract We compare the patterns of adjustment of government policy to changes in public opinion in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. These countries are similar in many ways, except that the United Kingdom has plurality elections and single-party government, while the Netherlands has proportional repr... mehr
We compare the patterns of adjustment of government policy to changes in public opinion in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. These countries are similar in many ways, except that the United Kingdom has plurality elections and single-party government, while the Netherlands has proportional representation (PR) and coalition government. This provides the first application of the Macro Polity approach to a country with PR elections. We find that government policy in the Netherlands is highly responsive to public opinion. This cannot be the result of alternation of government, but instead must be the result of some other process, such as coalition bargaining. In the United Kingdom, however, the dynamic of adjustment is far more complex. Alternation of government does not produce responsiveness, but rather seems to get in the way of it. This leads to an over-correction dynamic in which policy can be out of line with public opinion for long periods of time.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
ISSP; öffentliche Ausgaben; Regierungspolitik; Mehrheitswahl; Verhältniswahl; öffentliche Meinung; Niederlande; Großbritannien; politisches System; Wahlsystem
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
International Social Survey Programme: Role of Government I - ISSP 1985 (ZA1490 v1.0.0)
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 333-355
Zeitschriftentitel
Economics & Politics, 35 (2023) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12217
ISSN
1468-0343
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)