Bicameralism and Policy Responsiveness to Public Opinion
Does the organization of the assembly affect whether governments deliver policy that reflects the public’s changingpreferences? Cross-national analyses of public opinion and policy outputs for policies concerning welfare and immigrationshow that governments respond to shifts in public opinion in systems with a dominant chamber but not where bicameralismis strong. Our theory’s emphasis on the distribution of powerbetweenchambers further explains differenceswithinbicam-eral systems: constraints on policy change mean that responsiveness is weaker where power is equally distributed betweenchambers... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
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Schlagwörter: | Staatsformen und Regierungssysteme / Politikwissenschaft / Systems of governments & states / Political science / policy responsivness / policy output / The Mannheim Eurobarometer Trend File 1970-2002 (ed. 2.00) (ZA3521 v2.0.1) / Staat / staatliche Organisationsformen / politische Willensbildung / politische Soziologie / politische Kultur / Political System / Constitution / Government / Political Process / Elections / Political Sociology / Political Culture / Zweikammersystem / Legislative / politischer Prozess / öffentliche Meinung / Regierung / Eurobarometer / quantitative Methode / Europa / Belgien / bicameralism / political lawsuit / public opinion / quantitative method / Europe / Belgium |
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Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26933183 |
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Link(s) : | https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/93663 |