Can voters influence social policy?

Hooghe, Marc, Dassonneville, Ruth and Oser, Jennifer (2019) Can voters influence social policy? Democratic Audit Blog (26 Mar 2019). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

One of the fundamental promises of electoral democracy is that voters influence governments’ policies. However, whether voters actually have such an influence remains an open question, with recent public debate and academic research often answering ‘no’. In a large-scale study of citizens’ preferences, Marc Hooghe, Ruth Dassonneville and Jennifer Oser investigate the extent to which there is a relationship between the political position of citizens and social policy in a broad range of countries over time. They find that, while there is no direct correlation between citizens’ preferences and their country’s social policy, high electoral turnout and the composition of the governing cabinet do have an effect.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://www.democraticaudit.com/
Additional Information:	© 2019 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	11 Jan 2021 22:09
Last Modified:	11 Mar 2024 16:39
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/108116

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