Election Promises, Party Behaviour and Voter Perceptions

Naurin, Elin

ISBN 10: 023029085X / ISBN 13: 9780230290853

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

About this Item

An exploration of whether politicians are perceived to keep their election promises. While scholars claim that parties act on most of their election promises, citizens hold the opposite view. This 'Pledge Puzzle' guides Naurin in her analysis of the often referred to but not empirically investigated, 'conventional wisdom' about election promises. Series: Public Sector Organizations. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHF; JPLM; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382. . 2011. Hardback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Election Promises, Party Behaviour and Voter Perceptions
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 023029085X
• ISBN 13: 9780230290853
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

An exploration of whether politicians are perceived to keep their election promises. While scholars claim that parties act on most of their election promises, citizens hold the opposite view. This 'Pledge Puzzle' guides Naurin in her analysis of the often referred to but not empirically investigated, 'conventional wisdom' about election promises.

About the Author

ELIN NAURIN is Research Fellow in the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research and teaching revolves around Representative Democratic Theory and Practice. She is affiliated to the Swedish National Election Study Programme and the Multidisciplinary Opinion and Democracy Research Group. She is also one of the initiators and coordinators of the research group 'Comparative Party Pledge Group'.