Dynamics of public opinion and policy response under proportional and plurality elections

McGann, Anthony J.; Dellepiane-Avellaneda, Sebastian; Bartle, John

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dc.contributor.author	McGann, Anthony J.	de
dc.contributor.author	Dellepiane-Avellaneda, Sebastian	de
dc.contributor.author	Bartle, John	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-03-07T12:06:43Z
dc.date.available	2024-03-07T12:06:43Z
dc.date.issued	2023	de
dc.identifier.issn	1468-0343	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/92828
dc.description.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 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.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Politikwissenschaft	de
dc.subject.ddc	Political science	en
dc.subject.other	International Social Survey Programme: Role of Government I - ISSP 1985 (ZA1490 v1.0.0)	de
dc.title	Dynamics of public opinion and policy response under proportional and plurality elections	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	Economics & Politics
dc.source.volume	35	de
dc.publisher.country	GBR	de
dc.source.issue	1	de
dc.subject.classoz	politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur	de
dc.subject.classoz	Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture	en
dc.subject.thesoz	ISSP	de
dc.subject.thesoz	ISSP	en
dc.subject.thesoz	öffentliche Ausgaben	de
dc.subject.thesoz	public expenditures	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Regierungspolitik	de
dc.subject.thesoz	government policy	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Mehrheitswahl	de
dc.subject.thesoz	majority election	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Verhältniswahl	de
dc.subject.thesoz	election by proportional representation	en
dc.subject.thesoz	öffentliche Meinung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	public opinion	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Niederlande	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Netherlands	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Großbritannien	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Great Britain	en
dc.subject.thesoz	politisches System	de
dc.subject.thesoz	political system	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Wahlsystem	de
dc.subject.thesoz	electoral system	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-92828-8
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0	en
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dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.source.pageinfo	333-355	de
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12217	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
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