The representative deficit in different European Party Systems: an analysis of the elections to the European Parliament 2009-2014
This paper explores the extent to which different party systems in Europe effectively represent their citizens. We argue that many European countries suffer from a “representative deficit”, which occurs when a significant portion of citizens have to vote for a political party w...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Firenze University Press
2020
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