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100	1		_aMcDONALD, Michael D.; MENDES, Silvia M.; BUDGE, Ian _921969
245	1	0	_aWhat Are Elections For? : _bconferring the median mandate
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _cJanuary 2004
520	3		_aDemocracy is often described as a system in which a mojority of electors choose one out of a number of competing parties to from a government and carry out its programme. Unfortunately, spontaneous majorities rarely form in support of one party. We generalize from a 'government' to a 'median' mandate, in which the median elector chooses the pivotal party in parliament, which then translaters his or her preferences into public policy. To check this we investigate how accurately parliaments and governments represent the left-right position of the median voter in each of twenty parliamentary democracies. Distortions depend on the type of electoral arrangement, being relatvely smaller under proportional representation than under single-member districts. Distortions do not equate to biased representation, however. Once we consider how distortions at one step or one time are compensated by distortions in the opposite direction at another, overall representation of the median voter position is reasonably accurate
773	0	8	_tBritish Journal of Political Science _g34, 1, p. 1-26 _dCambridge : Cambridge University Press, January 2004 _xISSN 0007-1234 _w
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998			_a20051004 _b1546^b _cAnaluiza
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c13734 _d13734
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