Party mandates and democracy [electronic resource] : making, breaking, and keeping election pledges in twelve countries / edited by Elin Naurin, Terry J. Royed, and Robert Thomson.

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2019.©2019

Naurin, Elin, 1975- editor.

Royed, Terry J., 1959- editor.

Thomson, Robert. editor.

ProQuest (Firm) issuing body.

01-01-2019

1 online resource (369 pages).

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online resource

New comparative politics

New comparative politics.

E-BOOK (Copy 1) EBL 1245502-1001 ONLINE

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Election promises

Election campaigning

Comparative government

Overseas item

Campaign promises.

Comparative government.

Political campaigns.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780472124671

One. Why comparative research on the fulfillment of election pledges matters -- Two. A systematic research design for studying the fulfillment of election pledges -- Three. The pledges that parties make: a comparative analysis -- Four. A comparative analysis of pledge fulfillment -- Five. The United Kingdom -- Six. The United States -- Seven. Canada -- Eight. Spain -- Nine. Portugal -- Ten. Sweden -- Eleven. Ireland -- Twelve. Italy -- Thirteen. Germany -- Fourteen. Austria -- Fifteen. The Netherlands -- Sixteen. Bulgaria -- Seventeen. Making and keeping pledges: what we have learned.

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1245502-1001

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